oceanarium

American  

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

noun

plural

oceanariums, oceanaria

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

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oceanarium British  

/ ˌəʊʃəˈnɛərɪəm /

noun

1. a large saltwater aquarium for marine life

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Etymology

Origin of oceanarium

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

Example Sentences

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