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a⋅vi⋅ar⋅y

[ey-vee-er-ee]
–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


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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aviary 
1577, 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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