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fishing down

fishing down is the present participle and gerund 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 fishing down

What is fishing down the present participle and gerund of?
Fishing down is the present participle and gerund of fish down.

Words near fishing down in the dictionary

  1. fishing
  2. fishing boat
  3. fishing boats
  4. fishing cat
  5. fishing cats
  6. fishing down
  7. fishing eagle
  8. fishing eagles
  9. fishing expedition
  10. fishing expeditions
  11. fishing for compliments

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