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fishes down

fishes down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fish down.

Meaning of fish down

Verb

fish down (third-person singular simple present fishes down, present participle fishing down, simple past and past participle fished down)

  1. (transitive) To move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing affecting top-level predators first.

Questions about fishes down

What is fishes down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fishes down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fish down.

Words near fishes down in the dictionary

  1. fisherwives
  2. fisherwoman
  3. fisherwomen
  4. fishery
  5. fishes
  6. fishes down
  7. fishes for compliments
  8. fishes in troubled waters
  9. fishes one's wish
  10. fishes or cuts bait
  11. fishes out

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