pisciculture
[pis-i-kuhl-cher, pahy-si-]
- the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
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Origin of pisciculture
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There are a school of navigation and an institute for pisciculture.
The lake fisheries are mostly pursued in Bohemia, where pisciculture is an art of old standing, and largely developed.
Piscic′olous, parasitic upon fishes; Piscicul′tural, pertaining to pisciculture.
pisciculture
- the rearing and breeding of fish under controlled conditions
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