cyanide fishing

noun

The collection of live fish, generally for an aquarium, by spraying a sodium cyanide mixture into the water in order to incapacitate the fish.

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Meanings

nouncyanide fishing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe collection of live fish, generally for an aquarium, by spraying a sodium cyanide mixture into the water in order to incapacitate the fish.
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