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electrofish

electrofish verb: to take part in electrofishing.

Verb

electrofish (third-person singular simple present electrofishes, present participle electrofishing, simple past and past participle electrofished)

  1. To take part in electrofishing.
    • Consider harvesting any brook trout as park biologists electrofish this stream every summer to remove brook trout that wash down from outside the park.2012, Nate Schweber, Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park, page 188

Forms of electrofish

third-person singular presentelectrofishes
present participleelectrofishing
past participleelectrofished
pastelectrofished

Origin of electrofish

From electro- + fish.

Questions about electrofish

What does electrofish mean?
Electrofish means to take part in electrofishing.
What part of speech is electrofish?
Electrofish is a verb.
What is the past tense of electrofish?
The past tense of electrofish is electrofished.

Words near electrofish in the dictionary

  1. electrofilter
  2. electrofilters
  3. electrofiltration
  4. electrofinish
  5. electrofinishing
  6. electrofish
  7. electrofished
  8. electrofisher
  9. electrofishers
  10. electrofishes
  11. electrofishing

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