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The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
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Below the castle, rusting wire pens once held Della’s mastiffs; on the patio, an aviary for her exotic birds still stands.
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The researchers then brought blackbirds from both locations to an aviary for a long-term experiment on the effect of light pollution.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
But no matter: Jones had a message of his own, turning the Chiefs’ media room into an aviary.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2024
Each group included 10 birds from Munich and 10 birds from the forest, and each bird was housed in its own cage within the aviary.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The researchers then brought blackbirds from both locations to an aviary for a long-term experiment on the effect of light pollution.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
But no matter: Jones had a message of his own, turning the Chiefs’ media room into an aviary.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2024
Each group included 10 birds from Munich and 10 birds from the forest, and each bird was housed in its own cage within the aviary.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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aviary
noun
avi·ary
ˈā-vē-ˌer-ē 
plural aviaries
: a place (as a large cage or a building) where many live birds are kept usually for exhibition
Etymology
from Latin aviarium "place to keep birds," from avis "bird"
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