| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
fishery (ˈfɪʃərɪ) ![]() | |
| —n , pl -eries | |
| 1. | a. the industry of catching, processing, and selling fish |
| b. a place where this is carried on | |
| 2. | a place where fish are reared |
| 3. | a fishing ground |
| 4. | another word for piscary |
fishery
harvesting of fish, shellfish, and sea mammals as a commercial enterprise, or the location or season of commercial fishing. Fisheries range from small family operations relying on traditional fishing methods to large corporations using large fleets and the most advanced technology. Small-scale fishery is ordinarily conducted in waters relatively close to a home port, but factory ships that are equipped to process the catch on board often go thousands of miles from home. See commercial fishing.
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