Meaning of aquarium in English

aquarium

noun [ C ]

/əˈkweə.ri.əm/ us

/əˈkwer.i.əm/

plural aquariums or aquaria uk

/əˈkweə.ri.ə/ us

/əˈkwer.i.ə/

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a glass container in which fish and other water creatures can be kept

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a building, usually open to the public, that holds many aquariums

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aquarium

noun [ C ]

/əˈkweər·i·əm/

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a glass container or pool in which small fish and other water animals and plants are kept, or a building, usually open to the public, in which many different fish and other water animals live and can be studied

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Over the last decade or so, the demand for aquatic plants has strongly increased in order to supply private aquariums, garden tanks or botanical gardens.

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Six of these infection aquaria were used, each containing 175- 445 parasites and 12-26 recipients.

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The aquaria were covered with dark cloth and placed in dark temperature controlled rooms to reduce irrelevant and stressful stimuli.

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The remaining unexposed sibs were maintained in two 100 l aquaria in the same room.

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Separate experimental aquaria were used to allow collection of fish in complete darkness without disrupting other animals.

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After io injection, goldfish were returned to their home aquaria to recover.

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One dytiscid species was tested at a time, and 12 aquaria were used in each of the experiments, eight containing a predator and prey and four controls with prey only.

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Such extreme conditions may occur in aquaria or other closed tank situations and, under natural circumstances, in ephemeral habitats such as seasonal ponds or irrigation ditches.

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During the past decades it has been disseminated into closed or semi-closed aquaculture systems and aquaria around the world, mainly due to the ornamental fish trade.

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We allowed the remaining fish, of which most had blue eyes and thus were males, to nest singly in aquaria (35i45 cm, water height 30 cm).

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Following all surgeries, fish were revived by fresh water circulation over the gills, returned to home aquaria, and isolated from tankmates until normal equilibrium was restored.

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However, when a random sample of males was allowed to nest and court females in individual aquaria in the laboratory, both uninfected and infected males built nests and courted females.

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In laboratory cultures, large and heavily infected snails migrate out of water on to the tank wall of aquaria or onto lettuce leaves without undergoing any feeding.

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They were cinemas, museums, picture galleries, zoological and botanical gardens and aquariums, music hall entertainments, and debates.

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There is also a great temptation to catch fish for aquariums.

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aquarium trade

This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.

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large aquarium

Good systems need about as much care as a large aquarium.

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marine aquarium

I remember my visit to the national marine aquarium a year or so ago.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

養魚缸, 水族玻璃槽, 水族箱…

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