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pisciculture

[ pis-i-kuhl-cher, pahy-si- ]

noun

  1. the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.


pisciculture

/ ˈɪɪˌʌʃə /

noun

  1. the rearing and breeding of fish under controlled conditions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ辱ˈܱٳܰ, adverb
  • ˌ辱ˈܱٳܰ, nounadjective
  • ˌ辱ˈܱٳܰ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 辱c·ܱtܰ· adjective
  • 辱c·ܱtܰ··ly adverb
  • 辱c·ܱtܰ· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pisciculture1

First recorded in 1855–60; pisci- + culture
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Example Sentences

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Agriculture Department, developed for a meat-eating world, but no dedicated Department of Pisciculture, serving the needs of a public that has grown increasingly partial to fish?

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There are a school of navigation and an institute for pisciculture.

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The intentional naturalization of foreign fish, as I have said, has not thus far yielded important fruits; but though this particular branch of what is called, not very happily, pisciculture, has not yet established its claims to the attention of the physical geographer or the political economist, the artificial breeding of domestic fish has already produced very valuable results, and is apparently destined to occupy an extremely conspicuous place in the history of man's efforts to compensate his prodigal waste of the gifts of nature.

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Pisciculture, its valuable results, 118.

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Knowing how far advanced are the Japanese in pisciculture, this gentleman succeeded in persuading me to interest myself in their methods.

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