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- noun marine biology An underwater
anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populations - noun Used other than as an idiom: see
fish ,kill .
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deinonychus commented on the word fish kill
The term fish kill, known also as fish die-off and (in Britain) as fish mortality, is a localized die-off of fish populations which may also be associated with more generalised mortality of aquatic life. (Wikipedia)
January 15, 2012