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microfishing

microfishing noun: the practice of fishing for small fish.

Noun

microfishing (uncountable)

  1. The practice of fishing for small fish.
    • Commercially tied artificials are dressed on hooks with both turned-up and turned-down eyes. I use both, but after many seasons of microfishing I’m convinced that the turnedup eye has better hooking qualities as its rake [...]1988, McClane, A. J. (Albert Jules), 1922-, The compleat McClane : a treasury of A.J. McClane's classic angling adventures, New York : E.P. Dutton, page 66
    • 'We did not go out microfishing. We hope that the whole truth will eventually emerge so that, in the matter of quarantine regulations, Mr Cunningham will be seen to be an innocent victim of somebody else's crime. [...]1996, Hammond, Gerald, 1926-, Mad dogs & Scotsmen, pages 224-225

Forms of microfishing

alternative formmicro fishing
alternative formmicro-fishing

Origin of microfishing

From micro- + fishing

Questions about microfishing

What does microfishing mean?
Microfishing means the practice of fishing for small fish.
What part of speech is microfishing?
Microfishing is a noun.

Words near microfishing in the dictionary

  1. microfinanciers
  2. microfinancing
  3. microfine
  4. microfinish
  5. microfinishes
  6. microfishing
  7. microfissuration
  8. microfissurations
  9. microfissure
  10. microfissures
  11. microfixative

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