aquaculture
UK/ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃə//ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃɚ/
aquaculture noun: the cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
Noun
aquaculture (countable and uncountable, plural aquacultures)
- 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.2005, David J. Penman, Modadugu V. Gupta, Madan Mohan Dey, Carp genetic resources for aquaculture in Asia, WorldFish, →ISBN, page 65
- Finally, sturgeon aquaculture would create a sustainable industry […]2010 September, Andrew Faulkner, "Caviar", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 77
aquaculture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi
aquaculture in Hindi
- aquaculture
- मछलीपालन machlīpālan
aquaculture in Tamil
- நீர் வாழ்வன வளர்ப்பு, மீன்வளர்ப்பு, நீர் வேளாண்மை
aquaculture in Kannada
- ಜಲಚರ ಸಾಕಣೆ
aquaculture in Punjabi
- the cultivation of the aquatic produce
- ਜਲ ਖੇਤੀ jal khetī
More languagesFewer languages
- aquaculture in Tagalog
- akwakultura
- aquaculture in Indonesian
- akuakultur
Forms of aquaculture
| plural | aquacultures |
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Origin of aquaculture
From aqua- + culture.
Words formed from aquaculture
Questions about aquaculture
- What does aquaculture mean?
- Aquaculture means the cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
- What is aquaculture in Hindi?
- Aquaculture in Hindi is मछलीपालन (machlīpālan). See Aquaculture meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aquaculture?
- Aquaculture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aquaculture?
- Aquaculture is pronounced /ˈækwəˌkʌlt͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aquaculture?
- The plural of aquaculture is aquacultures.
Words near aquaculture in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aquaculture (page history and authors); मछलीपालन (Hindi) (page history and authors); aquaculture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aquaculture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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