Bait
Bait was a type of decoy used to attract and capture something or someone.

In 2266, salt was put out as bait on all decks as well as engineering to attract the intruding M-113 creature onboard the . ()

In 2268, hemoplasm was initially used as bait for the dikironium cloud creature, but after the creature consumed it and continued onward, Captain James T. Kirk used himself instead. ()

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