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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·quar·i·um / əˈkwe(ə)rēəm/ • n. (pl. -i·ums or -i·a / -ēə/ ) a transparent tank of water in which fish and other water creatures and plants are kept. ∎  a building containing such tanks, esp. one that is open to the public.

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Aquarium

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Aquarium

a place for keeping fish; a collection of tanks for fish, hence, the fish themselves collectively —Wilkes.

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aquarium

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

aquarium XIX. sb. use of n. sg. of L. aquārius of water, f. aqua water (see -ARY); after VIVARIUM.
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aquarium

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

aquarium •columbium •erbium, terbium, ytterbium •scandium • compendium •palladium, radium, stadium, vanadium •medium, tedium •cryptosporidium, cymbidium, idiom, iridium, rubidium •indium •exordium, Gordium, rutherfordium •odeum, odium, plasmodium, podium, sodium •allium, gallium, pallium, thallium, valium •berkelium, epithelium, helium, nobelium, Sealyham •beryllium, cilium, psyllium, trillium •linoleum, petroleum •thulium • cadmium •epithalamium, prothalamium •gelsemium, premium •chromium, encomium •holmium • fermium •biennium, millennium •cranium, geranium, germanium, Herculaneum, titanium, uranium •helenium, proscenium, rhenium, ruthenium, selenium •actinium, aluminium, condominium, delphinium •ammonium, euphonium, harmonium, pandemonium, pelargonium, plutonium, polonium, zirconium •neptunium •europium, opium •aquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, sudarium, tepidarium, terrarium, vivarium •atrium •delirium, Miriam •equilibrium, Librium •yttrium •auditorium, ciborium, conservatorium, crematorium, emporium, moratorium, sanatorium, scriptorium, sudatorium, vomitorium •opprobrium •cerium, imperium, magisterium •curium, tellurium •potassium • axiom • calcium •francium • lawrencium • americium •Latium, solatium •lutetium, technetium •Byzantium • strontium • consortium •protium • promethium • lithium •alluvium, effluvium •requiem • colloquium • gymnasium •caesium (US cesium), magnesium, trapezium •Elysium • symposium

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