noun
- a bag-shaped fish trap made of netting stretched over hoops
Usage: fishing
Examples
- The fisherman set his fyke in the shallow water near the reeds.
- Commercial fishers use fykes to catch eels and other fish.
- The fyke was designed with a funnel entrance to prevent fish from escaping.
- After checking the fyke, they found several catfish trapped inside.
- The wildlife biologist used a fyke to sample fish populations in the marsh.