Definitions for aquaria

aquaria a·quar·i·um

Spelling: [uh-kwair-ee-uh m]
IPA: /əˈkwɛər i əm/

Aquaria is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in aquaria (aaaiqru).

Definitions for aquaria

noun

  1. a glass-sided tank, bowl, or the like, in which fish or other living aquatic animals or plants are kept.
  2. a building or institution in which fish or other aquatic animals or plants are kept for exhibit, study, etc.

Origin of aquaria

1840-50; blend of Latin aquārius of or for water (aqu(a) water + -ārius -ary) and vivarium; cf. -arium

Examples for aquaria

The ancient Romans have noted that eels, kept in aquaria, could reach the age of sixty years.

Observations in aquaria have shown that the young Pholas begins his process of home-building very early in life.

Their aquaria must be kept free from green plants, and have a layer of fine mud, with a few decaying leaves, in the bottom.

How does Mother Nature manage the ventilation of her aquaria, the ponds and streams?

As absurd, impartially considered, as the strange creatures quaintly adapted to curious environments one saw in aquaria.

In the following paragraphs are given directions for making the necessary live-cages and aquaria for these insects.

It is interesting to watch the Dragon flies through their transformations, as they can easily be kept in aquaria.

We can not give you any fuller directions than are contained in the papers on aquaria in Young People, Nos. 42 and 43.

I wish all the young people who write about aquaria could see mine.

In addition there were aquaria with fishes arranged in groups at various spots all round the garden.

Word Value for aquaria
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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