💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Underfish"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| overfishverb | (ambitransitive) To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. |
| fish outverb | (idiomatic) To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container); to obtain. |
| outfishverb | (transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than. |
| groundfishnoun | (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor |
| fishnoun | (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. |
| sportfishnoun | Alternative form of sport fish. [fish providing sport for an angler] |
| electrofishverb | To take part in electrofishing. |
| overnetnoun | (transitive) To cover with a net or netting. |
| minnownoun | Any small fish. |
| bag outverb | (slang, Australia) to criticise someone |
| have other fish to fryverb | (idiomatic) To have more important things to do. |
| set netverb | To fish using a set net. |
| trawlnoun | A net or dragnet used for trawling. |
| freelineverb | (fishing) To fish with a simple hook and bait, without floats, sinkers, etc. |
| icefishnoun | Any member of notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood |
| fly-fishverb | To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait. |
| counterilluminateverb | (of a fish) To use photophores on the underside of the body so as to hide a dark silhouette that would otherwise be seen from below by predators |
| blackfishnoun | A pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales). |
| driftnetnoun | Alternative spelling of drift net. [(fishing) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat.] |
| swordfishnoun | A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius. |
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