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noun
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: enclosure
Narrower terms: aquarium, fish tank, marine museum, terrarium
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gwih3wós Proto-Italic *gwīwos Latin vīvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin -ārium Latin vīvāriumbor. English vivarium Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.
Across languages
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