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overtrapping

overtrapping is the present participle and gerund of overtrap.

Meaning of overtrap

Verb

overtrap (third-person singular simple present overtraps, present participle overtrapping, simple past and past participle overtrapped)

  1. To put too many traps in (an area) or among (an animal population), and thus to trap too many (animals, for their population to recover).
    • [...] from the Europeans, they began to overtrap the forests in search of pelts to trade. To overtrap is to kill too many animals, causing the animal population to decrease.2005, Janet Palazzo-Craig, The Ojibwe of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, →ISBN, page 33

Questions about overtrapping

What is overtrapping the present participle and gerund of?
Overtrapping is the present participle and gerund of overtrap.

Words near overtrapping in the dictionary

  1. overtransmission
  2. overtransmit
  3. overtransmitted
  4. overtrap
  5. overtrapped
  6. overtrapping
  7. overtraps
  8. overtravel
  9. overtread
  10. overtreading
  11. overtreads

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