aquaculture

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aquaculture

  • /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃə/ UK
  • /ˈɑːkwəˌ-/ UK
  • /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/ US
  • /ˈɑkwəˌ-/ US

noun aquacultures

  1. countable, uncountable The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals. 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.

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Closest in meaning: aquiculture, mariculture, hatchery, seafood, shellfish, fish, livestock, stockbreeding, herding, farming, farm, husbandry, ranching, breeding, aquatic, rearing

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noun the cultivation of the aquatic produce

Españolacuicultura, acuacultura
中文水產養殖 /水产养殖 shuǐchǎn yǎngzhí
Portuguêsaquicultura, aquacultura
Françaisaquaculture
DeutschAquakultur
Italianoacquicoltura
Românăacvacultură
Русскийаквакульту́ра akvakulʹtúra

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@misc{aquaculture_2026,
  title = {aquaculture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aquaculture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}