💨 Adds oxygen 🐟 Adds oxygen to water

oxygenator

6.5

A plant or machine that adds oxygen to aquarium and pond water

noun
/ˈɑksɪdʒəˌneɪtər/

Specialized

: oxigenador

To maintain healthy aquatic life, ensure the oxygenator is functioning properly.

Examples

Slr, they've boarded the Scotia, but the oxygenator is still on the A3.

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2007)
He didn't load up the oxygenator or the water reclaimer?

The Martian (2015)
What about this bubble box or oxygenator?

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2007)
Attach oxygenator to the hull, ready power supply.

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2007)
The oxygenator, the Aquanaut, you love to create, to explore.

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2007)
Your orders are to attach the oxygenator to the Scotia, convert the water and save the crew.

30,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2007)
The aquarium's oxygenator keeps the water well-aerated for the fish.
He installed an oxygenator in the pond to improve water quality for the plants.

Synonyms

aerator

vsoxygenator

Specialized

3 6.6

A device that adds air to water or soil to help plants and fish

focuses on adding oxygen specifically to water to improve pond or aquarium quality

How Oxygenating

oxygenator

Specialized

6.5

aerator

Specialized

3 6.6

aquatic plant

1 3.4

Surface Forms

oxygenator singular

oxygenators plural

Morphology

oxygenator = oxygen (transparent) = oxygen + ator

Used as an instrument or organism that supplies oxygen to water; the agentive formation from 'oxygen' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Oxygenator comes from oxygen ('the gas we breathe') and the ending -ator ('one that does'). So an oxygenator in a pond or aquarium is a plant or machine that 'adds' oxygen to the water to keep fish and plants healthy.