aquaculture

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aquaculture

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Etymology

From aqua- +‎ culture.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃə/, /ˈɑːkwəˌ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/, /ˈɑkwəˌ-/

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Noun

aquaculture (countable and uncountable, plural aquacultures)

1. The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
   • 2005, David J. Penman, Modadugu V. Gupta, Madan Mohan Dey, Carp genetic resources for aquaculture in Asia‎, WorldFish, →ISBN, page 65:

     The indigenous species used in aquaculture are: B. gonionotus, Jullien carp (Probarbus jullieni), Jullien's mud carp (Cirrhinus jullieni), soldier-river barb (Cyclocheilichthys enoplos), Leptobarbus hoevenii, Catlocarpio siamensis and Osteochilus hasseltii.

   • 2010 September, Andrew Faulkner, "Caviar", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 77:

     Finally, sturgeon aquaculture would create a sustainable industry […]

Derived terms

• aquacultural
• aquaponics

Related terms

• aquaculturist

Translations

the cultivation of the aquatic produce

Azerbaijani: akvakultura Belarusian: аквакульту́ра f (akvakulʹtúra) Catalan: aqüicultura f Chinese: Mandarin: 水產養殖 / 水产养殖 (zh) (shuǐchǎn yǎngzhí) Czech: akvakultura f Danish: akvakultur (da) c Dutch: aquacultuur (nl) f Estonian: vesiviljelus, akvakultuur Finnish: vesiviljely (fi) French: aquaculture (fr) f Galician: acuicultura (gl) f Georgian: აკვაკულტურა (aḳvaḳulṭura) German: Aquakultur (de) f Hungarian: akvakultúra Indonesian: akuakultur (id) Irish: dobharshaothrú m, uisceshaothrú m Italian: acquicoltura (it) f Latvian: akvakultūra f Lithuanian: akvakultūrà f Maori: ahumoana Norwegian: Bokmål: akvakultur m Nynorsk: akvakultur m Polish: akwakultura (pl) f Portuguese: aquicultura f, aquacultura f Punjabi: ਜਲ ਖੇਤੀ f (jal khetī) Romanian: acvacultură (ro) f Russian: аквакульту́ра (ru) f (akvakulʹtúra) Scottish Gaelic: tuathanachas uisge m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аквакулту́ра f Roman: akvakultúra (sh) f Slovak: akvakultúra f Slovene: ákvakultúra f Spanish: acuicultura (es) f, acuacultura f Swedish: vattenbruk n, akvakultur c Tagalog: akwakultura Ukrainian: аквакульту́ра f (akvakulʹtúra) Welsh: dyframaeth m, dyframaethu m

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Noun

aquaculture f (uncountable)

1. aquaculture

Related terms

• aquaculteur