| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·quar·i·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -kwâr  -m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. a·quar·i·ums or a·quar·i·a (--)
1. A tank, bowl, or other water-filled enclosure in which living fish or other aquatic animals and plants are kept. 2. A place for the public exhibition of live aquatic animals and plants. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin aqu rium, source of water, from neuter of aqurius, of water, from aqua, water. See akw-- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | a·quari·al (--l) —ADJECTIVE
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