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Aviary
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- And the gazebo on the front lawn doubles as an aviary for recuperating songbirds.
- Others want to erect an enormous aviary over the three largest towers.
- Ali has converted part of his shop into an indoor aviary.
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Word Origin & History
aviary
1570s, from L. aviarium "place in which birds are kept," neut. of aviarius "of birds," from avis "bird," from PIE *awi- "bird" (cf. Skt. vih, Avestan vish "bird," Gk. aietos "eagle").
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