Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place in which a collection of living insects is kept; an entomological vivarium; also, the collection itself.
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- noun A type of live
insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects and similararthropods .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I couldn't/wouldn't eat any of them, but I can totally see our zoo making the NMR cake a couple years ago when they unveiled that exhibit in our children's zoo, or the third cake when unveiling the insectarium.
Creepy Crawly Cakes 2009
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We walk over to the insectarium where my son devours a larvae lollipop in the gift shop and grosses out my daughter.
Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Merrick 2011
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We walk over to the insectarium where my son devours a larvae lollipop in the gift shop and grosses out my daughter.
Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Merrick 2011
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We walk over to the insectarium where my son devours a larvae lollipop in the gift shop and grosses out my daughter.
Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Merrick 2011
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Benziger has been attracting buzz for its organic, biodynamic winemaking, and our tractor-pulled wagon takes tourists from England, Italy, Colombia and Texas to view gardens that refresh the soil, and an insectarium home to bugs that naturally curb any vine-eating pests, leaving the vineyard to operate chemical-free.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SARAH STAPLES 2011
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A colony was established in the insectarium at the
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hamady Dieng et al. 2010
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This financial assistance has been used to establish an insectarium, inaugurated today, in the
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Today it is the largest insectarium in North America and among the largest in the world, attracting more than 350,000 visitors each year.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Meanwhile, over at The BugWorld Experience on the Albert Dock, Leafcutter Ants have been parading with England flags up and down their insectarium.
icLiverpool 2010
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The park also has a phenomenal outdoor hummingbird park (50 species live in Costa Rica), a restaurant and an insectarium featuring Whitten's collection, called Jewels of Costa Rica.
john commented on the word insectarium
“Opened just half a year ago, the Insectarium is the largest museum in the nation devoted solely to insects and their arthropod relations.�?
The New York Times, A Large-Size Focus on Life Lived Small, by Natalie Angier, January 5, 2009
January 7, 2009