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dyiro

Shona Definition

Dyiro chikafu chokukwezva shiri, hove kana mbeva padzinoteyiwa. Hove dzinonyanyobatika kana masese akashandiswa sedyiro, nokuti anoita kuti dzidhakwe.

English Translation

Bait is food used to attract birds, fish or mice when they are being trapped. Fish are easily caught when grain mash is used as bait, because it makes them drunk.

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