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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species;
- Example: "thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year"
[syn: by-catch, bycatch]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bycatch
    n 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" [syn: by-catch, bycatch]