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overfish definition

over·fish (ō′vər fis̸h′, ō′vər fis̸h′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to fish (a body of water, region, etc.) to excess, depleting the stock of fish or of a certain fish
  2. to so deplete (a stock of fish or a certain fish)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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