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aquar·ium (ə kwer′ē əm)

noun pl. aquariums -·i·ums or aquaria -·ia (-ə)

  1. a tank, usually with glass sides, or a pool, bowl, etc. for keeping live water animals and water plants
  2. a building where such collections are exhibited

Etymology: L, watering place for cattle, neut. of aquarius, of water < aqua, water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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