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heliculture
hel·i·cul·ture
[
hélli kùlchər,
hli kùlchər
]
noun
Definition:
snail farming:
the science or profession of raising snails for food
[
< modern Latin
Helix
, genus of spiral-shelled mollusks < Greek
helix
"spiral"
]
hel·i·cul·tur·al
[
hèlli kúlchərəl,
hli kúlchərəl
]
adjective
he·li·cul·tur·al·ist
noun
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