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What do you mean by the following terms ?I) rearing ii) shearing iii) sericulture |
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Answer» I) bring up and care for (a child) until they are FULLY GROWN, especially in a particular manner or place.ii) cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).iii) Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms (i.e., production of cocoons) for commercial production of silk. Though a number of species are found producing silk only a few species are used for sericulture. The word Sericulture is derived from the Greek ‘ Sericos ’ meaning ‘silk’ and the English ‘CULTURE’ meaning ‘rearing’ |
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