单词 | ostreiculture |
释义 | ostreiculturen. The breeding of oysters for food or pearls.Used chiefly with reference to oyster-breeding in France. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > breeding oysters oyster-planting1859 ostreiculture1861 oyster culture1862 oyster farming1865 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. 169 Ostreaculture.—The artificial production of Oysters has become an important branch of industry. 1862 Illustr. London News 11 Jan. 50/3 The operations of ostréoculture. 1988 Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Travel section) Jeanne Castaing-Druart's family has been in ostreiculture for five generations. 2000 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. (Features section) I picked up a brochure that likened oysters to wine, and divided Brittany's 12 centres of ostreiculture into grands crus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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