by-catch by-blow • by-channel · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · by-catch · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 8 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species. Synonyms: bycatch. Example: "Thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · bycatch · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 h latin small letter h U+0068 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079