what does bycatch mean?
BYCATCH as NOUN
- 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
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