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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aquarium/əˈkweəriəm/

▶noun (pl. aquaria /-rɪə/ or aquariums) a transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.

– origin C19: from L., neut. of aquarius ‘of water’, on the pattern of vivarium.

'aquarium' also found in these Oxford entries:

aquarist - brine shrimp - dolphinarium - oceanarium - tank - terrarium - vivarium

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