Usually means: Structure enabling fish to bypass obstacles.
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  1. fishway: Merriam-Webster
  2. fishway: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fishway: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fishway: Wordnik
  5. fishway: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (fishway)

▸ noun:  A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.

Similar:
fish ladder, fishweir, weir, hatch, fish garth, burrock, garth, fish pound, fish pass, fishpound, more...

Opposite:
dam, barrier, obstruction

Adjectives:
new, vertical, suitable, type, wooden, concrete, substantial

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Similar:
fish ladder, fishweir, weir, hatch, fish garth, burrock, garth, fish pound, fish pass, fishpound, more...

Opposite:
dam, barrier, obstruction

Adjectives:
new, vertical, suitable, type, wooden, concrete, substantial



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