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