fish kill

noun

An underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populations

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Meanings

nounfish kill (plural fish kills)

plural fish kills

  1. marine biologyAn underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populations
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fish, kill.
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