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Ice fishing
specialized form of angling; fishing through cut-out holes in ice of frozen-over waterbody. Commercially, accomplished using nets; sportfishermen often use "jigging", where a short stick with a specially shaped handle around which the line is wound, and natural bait on the end of the line, is used.

Ichthyology
the study of fish and their habitats

Incubation
care for eggs in such a way as to induce hatching

Insectivorous
insects make up the majority of the diet of this type of organism

Invertebrate
an animal without a backbone

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