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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The cultivation of marine or freshwater organisms, especially food fish or shellfish such as salmon or oysters, under controlled conditions.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective the cultivation of aquatic animals, such as fish or shellfish, or of plants, such as seaweed, in a controlled and sometimes enclosed body of water. The term includes use of either salt or fresh water. It is a form of agriculture, but under water.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food

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