Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

oceanarium

Syllabification: (o·cea·nar·i·um)
Pronunciation: /ˌōSHəˈne(ə)rēəm/

Definition of oceanarium

noun (plural oceanariums or oceanaria /-ˈne(ə)rēə/)

  • a large seawater aquarium in which marine animals are kept for study and public exhibit.

Origin:

1940s: from ocean, on the pattern of aquarium

oceanarium in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of oceanarium in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

merrythought

/ /
noun
the wishbone of a bird …