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bycatch.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
countable · uncountable
Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
countable · uncountable

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English by- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos 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.

verb

To catch unintentionally while fishing for something else.
transitive

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