baitfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
  2. Fish that can be caught using bait.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-baitfish.wav

Word forms

baitfish baitfishes

Etymology

From bait + fish.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.