BYCATCH as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year
    Hypernyms(s) bycatch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower