Usually means: Thrown away as unwanted material.
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  1. discards: Merriam-Webster
  2. discards: Collins English Dictionary
  3. discards: Vocabulary.com
  4. Discards, discards: Wordnik
  5. discards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. discards: Wiktionary
  7. discards: Dictionary.com
  8. discards: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Discards: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. discards: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. discards: Legal dictionary

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  1. discards: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Discards)

noun:  the portion of a catch of fish which is not retained on board during commercial fishing operations and is returned, often dead or dying, to the sea.


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