"sportfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sportfishes [plural], sportfish [plural]
Etymology: sport + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sport|fish}} sport + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sportfish}} sportfish (plural sportfishes or sportfish)
  1. Alternative form of sport fish Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sport fish
    Sense id: en-sportfish-en-noun-7rjlll-y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1

Verb

Forms: sportfishes [present, singular, third-person], sportfishing [participle, present], sportfished [participle, past], sportfished [past]
Etymology: sport + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sport|fish}} sport + fish Head templates: {{en-verb}} sportfish (third-person singular simple present sportfishes, present participle sportfishing, simple past and past participle sportfished)
  1. To fish for sport. Translations (to fish for sport): urheilukalastaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sportfish-en-verb-rtF-pKgF

Inflected forms

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