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serpentarium

American  
[sur-puhn-tair-ee-uhm] / ˌsɜr pənˈtɛər i əm /

noun

serpentariums, plural serpentaria plural
  1. a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.


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Etymology

Origin of serpentarium

serpent + -arium

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Asprilla has been bitten twice since he started working at the University of Antioquia's serpentarium, but he isn't one to elaborate on the experience.

From Scientific American Sep. 23, 2023

A U.S.-based nonprofit called Animal Venom Research International helped to set up Sri Lanka's first serpentarium and train staff to extract venom.

From Scientific American Sep. 23, 2023

Most of the venom from the serpentarium goes to antivenom production at the farm near Medellín's airport where he works.

From Scientific American Sep. 23, 2023

He has worked at the serpentarium with Asprilla for nearly two decades, but he's still reluctant to extract venom from snakes.

From Scientific American Sep. 23, 2023

In connection with his institute, and right by the laboratory, the doctor has a large serpentarium, in which quantities of the common poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are kept, and some of the rarer ones.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

Charmers who have tried their art in U. S. zoos and serpentaria have always failed, despite all their wheezing and whining.

From Time Magazine Archive

A. serpentaria is the Virginian snake-root, popularly regarded as a remedy for snake bites.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

In a more advanced period, and when the fever assumed a typhoid type, blisters, bark, and serpentaria were resorted to.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Even some of our native species, such as A. serpentaria, is known as snake-root, and is said to be esteemed for curing the bite of the rattlesnake.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

In general, under such circumstances, the Peruvian bark, either alone or combined with serpentaria, was administered in preference to any other remedy of the same class.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

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