dolphinarium

British

/ ˌdolfɪˈnɛərɪəm /

noun

a pool or aquarium for dolphins, esp one in which they give public displays

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A year later it was moved from a facility owned by a dolphinarium in St Petersburg to the military programme in the Russian Arctic, where his trainers and vets remained in contact.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

Last year, the dolphinarium took in four dolphins and three sea lions alongside their trainers and doctors fleeing the shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

In Kharkiv, the local dolphinarium sought to move their dolphins and sea lions as soon as the shelling started last February.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

The movement scored its first victory Thursday when federal regulator authorities said they had ordered a dolphinarium just south of the resort city of Cancun closed because it had not filed an environmental impact statement.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2015

By the summer of 1965, Lovatt's domestic dolphinarium was ready for use.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2014

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