单词 | serpentarium |
释义 | serpentarium in American English (ˌsɜrpənˈtɛriəm) US noun a place where snakes are kept, as for exhibition Word origin serpent + aquariumserpentarium in American English (ˌsɜːrpənˈtɛəriəm) nounWord forms: plural -tariums or -taria (-ˈtɛəriə) a place where snakes are housed, esp. for exhibition Word origin [serpent + -arium]-arium is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle(armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). It has limited productivity in English, esp. in words denoting an artificial environmentfor plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium. Other words that use the affix -arium include: aquarium, insectarium, terrarium |
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