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aviarist

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a⋅vi⋅ar⋅y

  [ey-vee-er-ee]
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–noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept.
Origin:
1570–80; < L aviārium a place where birds are kept, n. use of neut. of aviārius pertaining to birds. See avi-, -ary

Related forms:
a⋅vi⋅a⋅rist  [ey-vee-uh-rist] , noun
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a·vi·ar·y   (ā'vē-ěr'ē)   
n.   pl. a·vi·ar·ies
A large enclosure for holding birds in confinement.

[Latin aviārium, from avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]
a'vi·a·rist (-ə-rĭst, -ěr'ĭst) n.
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