"line fish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: line fishes [plural], line fish [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|+|line fish}} line fish (plural line fishes or line fish)
  1. Fish caught by line fishing. Categories (topical): Fishing Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-line_fish-en-noun-tZlRJRsc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for line fish meaning in English (1.3kB)

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