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Definition of Aquarium

1. Noun. A tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals.

Definition of Aquarium

1. n. An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.

Definition of Aquarium

1. Noun. A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals. ¹

2. Noun. A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aquarium

1. a water-filled enclosure in which aquatic animals are kept [n -IUMS or -IA]

Medical Definition of Aquarium

1. An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept. Origin: L. See Aquarius, Ewer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aquarium

Literary usage of Aquarium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"THE LABORATORY OF THE MIAMI aquarium ASSOCIATION STUDENTS of marine life and ... The aquarium runs a fleet of collecting boats including gasoline launches ..."

2. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1908)
"REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE aquarium TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. THE year 1907 has been a notable one in the history of the aquarium, the number of visitors ..."

3. Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge (1903)
"THE BRIGHTON aquarium. '"PHE Brighton aquarium, already so well known as a place of popular *• resort, is a structure of considerable architectural ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"A VERY valuable addition to the specimens of an aquarium may be found in what ... Some day, after the cray-fish has been a quiet inmate of the aquarium for ..."

5. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1906)
"Received from New York City on account of aquarium appropriation for 1905 ... 4, and the aquarium Improvement Fund, were disbursed by the Park Department. ..."

6. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"LESSON LXXXIV How TO MAKE AN aquarium I rap butter jars, candy jars and battery jars are all ||HE schoolroom aquarium may be a very simple affair and still ..."

7. Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to by American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (1908)
"This was the first opening of the aquarium at night, the second being on the ... The aquarium building, which is situated in Battery Park at the southern ..."

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