fish farm

English

Etymology

fish (“vertebrate animal that lives in water”) + farm (“place to raise livestock”)

Noun

fish farm (plural fish farms)

1. A place or facility dedicated to the raising of fish or other seafood for sale.

Synonyms

• fishery, piscary
• (small) fishtank, fish tank
• (medium) fish pond, piscina, piscine

Related terms

• (act): fish farming, aquaculture, pisciculture, mariculture (in the open sea)
• (adj): piscinal
• (agent): fish farmer, pisciculturist, aquaculturist, mariculturist

Translations

place where fish are bred commercially

• Finnish: kalanviljelylaitos (fi), kalankasvattamo (fi)
• French: ferme piscicole f
• German: Fischzucht (de) f, Fischfarm (de) f
• Greek: ιχθυοτροφείο (el) n (ichthyotrofeío)
• Indonesian: penangkaran ikan