"fishkill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishkills [plural]
Etymology: fish + kill Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fish|kill}} fish + kill Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishkill (plural fishkills)
  1. An environmental event in which fish are killed.
    Sense id: en-fishkill-en-noun-ggqd8b3F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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