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Definition of mariculture noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mariculture

noun
 
/ˈmærɪkʌltʃə(r)/
 
/ˈmærɪkʌltʃər/
[uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. a type of farming in which fish or other sea animals and plants are kept or grown for food
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Latin mare, mari- ‘sea’ + culture, on the pattern of words such as agriculture.
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