aquarium
noun
a glass-sided tank, bowl, or the like, in which fish or other living aquatic animals or plants are kept.
aquaria
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pluralof aquarium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To answer that question, genetically modified sea anemones were moved from laboratory aquaria into outdoor marine mesocosms supplied with natural estuarine water in South Carolina.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
Herbert reached out to the Lepas expert Anne Marie Power at the University of Galway in Ireland, who signed on to raise live L. anatifera in aquaria to establish shell chemistry for different temperatures.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 23, 2023
We distributed many of them to other aquaria to raise awareness about this species.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2022
In a large room full of aquaria, the striped, pinkie-size swimmers flit past fake green plants, white plastic tunnels, and multicolored marbles that may remind them of the bottoms of lakes and streams.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 7, 2018
Marie-Laure can hear the aquaria bubble and the woman inhale and the rubber stoppers on the stool legs beneath her squeak as she shifts.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
