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aquarium

noun
🔊/əˈkweəriəm/
🔊/əˈkweriəm/
(plural aquariums, aquaria
🔊/əˈkweəriə/
🔊/əˈkweriə/
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  1. a large glass container in which fish and other water creatures and plants are kept养鱼缸；水族玻璃槽Topics Fish and shellfishc1
  2. a building where people can go to see fish and other water creatures水族馆Topics Buildingsc1, Fish and shellfishc1
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, neuter of aquarius ‘of water’, on the pattern of vivarium.