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Bycatch has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species

"thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year"

2

Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.

Verb
1

To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
marine animal
Rhyming Words
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