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aquarium Noun pl aquariums or aquaria 1. a tank in which fish and other underwater creatures are kept 2. a building containing such tanks [Latin aquarius relating to water] Aquarium a place for keeping fish; a collection of tanks for fish, hence, the fish themselves collectively—Wilkes. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations n aquarium [əˈkweəriəm] a glass tank, or a building containing tanks, for keeping fish and other water animals. akwarium مَربى مائي زُجاجي аквариум akvárium akvarium das Aquarium ενυδρείο acuario akvaarium آکواریوم akvaario aquarium אַקְוָוריוּם मछलीघर akvarij akvárium akuarium fiskabúr; lagardÿrasafn/sædÿrasafn acquario 水族館 수족관, 양어조 akvariumas akvārijs akuarium aquarium akvarium akwarium aquário acvariu аквариум akvárium akvarij akvarijum akvarium ตู้ปลา; พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำ akvaryum 水族箱;水族館 акваріум مماہی خانہ ، مچھلی گھر bể cá cảnh; khu nuôi cá 水族箱;水族馆 |
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| The art of keeping fish and reptiles as domestic pets had not at that time been popularized in England; and Magdalen, on entering the room, started back, in irrepressible astonishment and disgust, from the first specimen of an Aquarium that she had ever seen. When a duck suddenly emerges from a pond covered with duck-weed, I have twice seen these little plants adhering to its back; and it has happened to me, in removing a little duck-weed from one aquarium to another, that I have quite unintentionally stocked the one with fresh-water shells from the other. His descent into the street was like the descent into a slimy aquarium from which the water had been run off. |
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