aquaculture

What it means

1. countableuncountableThe cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.

   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

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   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

In a sentence

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

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
3. Latinaqua
4. Middle Englishaqua
5. Englishaqua-
6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
9. Latincolō
10. Latincultūra
11. Middle Frenchculture
12. Englishculture
13. Englishaquaculture

From aqua- + culture.