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fishway

fishway noun: a structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.

Noun

fishway (plural fishways)

  1. A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
    • The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir.1997, J. H. L'Abée-Lund, J. E. Brittain, “Weir construction as environmental mitigation in Norwegian hydropower schemes”, in Hydropower '97, pages 51–54
    Synonyms:
    fish ladder

Synonyms of fishway

Forms of fishway

pluralfishways

Origin of fishway

From fish + way.

Questions about fishway

What does fishway mean?
Fishway means a structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
What part of speech is fishway?
Fishway is a noun.
What is the plural of fishway?
The plural of fishway is fishways.

Words near fishway in the dictionary

  1. fishtails
  2. fishtank
  3. fishtanks
  4. Fishtar
  5. Fishtoft
  6. fishway
  7. fishways
  8. fishweir
  9. fishweirs
  10. fishwheel
  11. fishwheels

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