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aquarium

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a·quar·i·um  (-kwâr-m)
n. pl. a·quar·i·ums or a·quar·i·a (--)
1. A tank, bowl, or other water-filled enclosure in which living fish or other aquatic animals and plants are kept.
2. A place for the public exhibition of live aquatic animals and plants.

[Latin aqurium, source of water, from neuter of aqurius, of water, from aqua, water; see akw-- in Indo-European roots.]

a·quari·al (--l) adj.

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 collectivelyWilkes.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aquariumaquarium - a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl - a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
storage tank, tank - a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
vivarium - an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions
Translations

aquarium [əˈkwɛərɪəm] nacuario
aquarium [əˈkwɛərɪəm] naquarium m
aquarium [əˈkwɛərɪəm] nAquarium nt
aquarium [əˈkwɛərɪəm] nacquario

aquarium
n aquarium [əˈkweəriəm]
a glass tank, or a building containing tanks, for keeping fish and other water animals. akwariumمَربى مائي زُجاجيаквариумakváriumakvariumdas Aquariumενυδρείοacuarioakvaariumآکواریومakvaarioaquariumאַקְוָוריוּםमछलीघरakvarijakváriumakuariumfiskabúr; lagardÿrasafn/sædÿrasafnacquario水族館수족관, 양어조akvariumasakvārijsakuariumaquariumakvariumakwariumaquárioacvariuаквариумakváriumakvarijakvarijumakvariumตู้ปลา; พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำakvaryum水族箱;水族館акваріумمماہی خانہ ، مچھلی گھرbể cá cảnh; khu nuôi cá

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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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