Definition of Aquaculture
Definition from Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (with permission - see references).
aqua·cul·ture
Variant(s): also aqui·cul·ture /'ä-kwï-"kûl-chür, 'a-/
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin aqua + English -culture (as in agriculture)
Date: 1867
: the cultivation of the natural produce of water (as fish or shellfish)
- aqua·cul·tur·al /"ä-kwï-'kûl-chü-rãl, "a-/ adjective
- aqua·cul·tur·ist /-ch(ü-)rist/ noun
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