4. What is meant by the following terms? (i) Rearing (ii) Shearing (ii) Sericulture
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- (i) Rearing: Bringing up, raising and taking care of animals is known as rearing.
- (ii) Shearing: The fleece of the sheep along with a thin layer of skin is removed from its body. This process is called shearing.
- (iii) Sericulture: The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called sericulture.
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Rearing ::
1 : to erect by building : construct. 2 : to raise upright. 3a(1) : to breed and raise (an animal) for use or market. (2) : to bring to maturity or self-sufficiency usually through nurturing care reared five children birds rearing their young. b : to cause (plants) to grow.
Shearing ::
Shearing, also known as die cutting, is a process which cuts stock without the formation of chips or the use of burning or melting. Strictly speaking, if the cutting blades are straight the process is called shearing; if the cutting blades are curved then they are shearing-type operations.
Sericulture ::
Sericulture, the production of raw silk by means of raising caterpillars (larvae), particularly those of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori). ... Care of the silkworm from the egg stage through completion of the cocoon. Production of mulberry trees that provide leaves upon which the worms feed.
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