aviary
noun
a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept.
aviaries
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pluralof aviary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The birds are then moved to holding aviaries near the Portuguese border for two weeks to acclimatise to their new surroundings.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
And then there were moments of “11,000 Strings” that sounded like the musical aviaries of Olivier Messiaen emanating from a far away lath house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Right-pushing birds were transferred into aviaries where resident birds were using the left-hand solution, and vice versa.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
There are three aviaries, where visitors walk among the birds, plus an outdoor area where birds are kept in enclosures.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
Motecusuma had likewise a variety of aviaries, and it is indeed with difficulty that I constrain myself from going into too minute a detail respecting these.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
