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noun
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: by-catch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature
History
Etymology tree English by- Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch English bycatch From by- + catch.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
