aquarial

a·quar·i·um

(ə-kwâr′ē-əm)

n. pl. a·quar·i·ums or a·quar·i·a (-ē-ə)

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.

[Latin aquārium, source of water, from neuter of aquārius, of water, from aqua, water; see ak^w-ā- in Indo-European roots.]

a·quar′i·al (-ē-əl) adj.

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aquarial

(əˈkwɛərɪəl)

adj

related to an aquarium

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