aquaria
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i noun, plural a·quar·i·ums, a·quar·i·a 
[uh-kwair-ee-uh] .
[uh-kwair-ee-uh] . 1.
a glass-sided tank, bowl, or the like, in which fish or other living aquatic animals or plants are kept.
2.
a building or institution in which fish or other aquatic animals or plants are kept for exhibit, study, etc.
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| —n , pl -riums, -ria | |
| 1. | a tank, bowl, or pool in which aquatic animals and plants are kept for pleasure, study, or exhibition |
| 2. | a building housing a collection of aquatic life, as for exhibition |
| [C19: from Latin aquārius relating to water, on the model of | |
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Aquaria
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
aquarium
1854, from L. neut. of aquarius, gen. of aqua "water" (see aqua-). The word existed in L., but meant "drinking place for cattle." An earlier attempt at a name for "fish tank" was marine vivarium.
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