oceanarium
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6.8
- noun
- /oʊˈʃɛnˌɛriəm/
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oceanario
- At the oceanarium, visitors can watch live feedings of sharks and sea turtles.
Examples
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The Bar Harbor hatchery is funded and operated by the Bar Harbor and Southwest Bar Harbor Oceanariums and tourist admissions (Schreiber, 1998).
Academic text (1999) -
Meet this white-sided dolphin face-to-face at Shedd Aquarium's Oceanarium.
Academic text (2001) -
Throughout the Oceanarium, costumed characters will mingle with guests, offer presentations, and answer questions.
Academic text (2001) -
Numerous reports, both from oceanariums and from the wild, describe mothers supporting dead calves at the surface, sometimes for days.
Academic text (1992) -
Allan told her about his job feeding and training the performing stock at the Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bottlenose dolphins are the familiar performers in most oceanarium shows, and until the 1970s, most of what we knew about these animals came from observations of captives.
Academic text (1992) -
Although we know our dolphins relatively intimately, the actual birth and first few days in the life of a baby dolphin are exceedingly difficult to witness in free-ranging animals; for this information, we still rely on oceanariums.
Academic text (1992) -
To learn more about the Aquarium's celebration or the Oceanarium, educators can visit the Aquarium's website located at http://www.shedd.aquarium.org or write to Shedd Aquarium, 1200 South Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605.
Academic text (2001) -
The children were excited to explore the various marine life exhibits at the oceanarium.
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She took her family to the oceanarium to learn about different species of fish and coral reefs.
Synonyms
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2.7
A tank of water for keeping fish and water plants
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4.2
A place where people watch sea animals like dolphins perform in shows
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oceanarium comes from ocean 'sea' and the ending -arium 'place for', and it is like the familiar word aquarium. So an oceanarium is a large place where sea animals and plants are kept and shown to visitors.