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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fish, such as a carp or gar, that is not a game fish or a baitfish.
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- noun Any fish not considered valuable as
sport fish nor used asbait or for food.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait
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