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insectary

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in⋅sec⋅tar⋅y

  [in-sek-ter-ee]
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–noun, plural -tar⋅ies.
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
Origin:
1885–90; var. of insectarium; see -ary
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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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