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noun unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species
originEtymology tree English by- Vulgar Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Vulgar Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch English bycatch From by- + catch.
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