insectary
noun
a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
insectaries
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pluralof insectary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Releasing predatory insects has become a keystone of pest control in organic agriculture, and commercial insectaries raise “beneficials” by the millions.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2018
The insectaries were behind five sets of doors, and they used a mosquito that doesn’t survive in California, should it manage to escape.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 23, 2015
Of parasites which have already proved their worth hundreds of thousands were loosed from government insectaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hundreds of jars and vials, vivaria and insectaries, microscopes, guns, and cameras, with all their details and mysterious inner workings, left no table vacant.
From Jungle Peace by William Beebe
