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insectaria

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in⋅sec⋅tar⋅i⋅um

  [in-sek-tair-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -tar⋅i⋅ums, -tar⋅i⋅a  [-tair-ee-uh] .
a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
Origin:
1880–85; < NL; see insect, -arium
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in·sec·tar·y   (ĭn'sěk'tə-rē, ĭn-sěk'-)   
n.   pl. in·sec·tar·ies or in·sec·tar·i·a (-târ'ē-ə)
A place for keeping, breeding, or observing living insects.
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