HyperDic: bycatch

English > 1 sense of the word *bycatch*:
NOUN	animal	bycatch, by-catch	unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species

English > *bycatch*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species.
Synonym	by-catch
Broader	marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature	Any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals