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oceanarium

American  
[oh-shuh-nair-ee-uhm] / ˌoʊ ʃəˈnɛər i əm /

noun

oceanariums, plural oceanaria plural
  1. a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.


oceanarium British  
/ ˌəʊʃəˈnɛərɪəm /

noun

  1. a large saltwater aquarium for marine life

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of oceanarium

1935–40; ocean + -arium, modelled on aquarium

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The resort occupies more than 102 acres of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the former site of the Marineland of the Pacific oceanarium, which closed after more than three decades in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2023

In their place would be 17,000 homes in luxury high-rises, along with hotels, parks, a stadium, an oceanarium and an opera house.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2023

Then Katrina blew through and these animals were washed out of their pools into the open ocean, where they didn’t know what to do, having been raised in an oceanarium.

From National Geographic Jan. 6, 2018

In San Diego, 55 miles from Disneyland, is Sea World, the best-planned, best-stocked oceanarium in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

It should be obvious that organizations such as oceanaria are the most likely ones to be interested in live animals on an emergency basis.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David

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