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noun aquar·i·um \ə-ˈkwer-ē-əm\

: a glass or plastic container in which fish and other water animals and plants can live

: a building people can visit to see water animals and plants

plural aquar·i·ums or -ia \-ē-ə\

Full Definition of AQUARIUM

1

:  a container (as a glass tank) or an artificial pond in which living aquatic animals or plants are kept

2

:  an establishment where aquatic organisms are kept and exhibited

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Origin of AQUARIUM

probably alteration of aquatic vivarium

First Known Use: circa 1847

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

Rhymes with AQUARIUM

herbarium, puparium, sacrarium, samarium, solarium, terrarium, velarium, vivarium