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aquarium
/əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/
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What does aquarium mean?
noun
- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
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/əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/
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It was a relief to resume my programme by entering that abode of the dumb and detached--the aquarium in Battery Park.
If the stem of this hydroid, which is usually covered with polyps, is put into an aquarium the polyps soon fall off.
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We linger at the aquarium until near sun-down, and it is fifteen miles by what is considered the smoothest road to Newhaven.
I should advise anyone intending to set up an aquarium, however small, to study what Mr. Lloyd says on this matter in pp.
Miss Lurline swam about in her aquarium, which was brilliantly illuminated, ate, reclined, and appeared to be taking a short nap during her short immersion.