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bycatch
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Noun bycatch has 1 sense
- bycatch(n = noun.animal) by-catch - 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" is a kind of marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature
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