Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A place in which a collection of living insects is kept; an entomological vivarium; also, the collection itself.
Wiktionary
- n. A type of live insect zoo, or a museum or exhibit of live insects and similar arthropods.
Etymologies
- insect + -arium (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“We walk over to the insectarium where my son devours a larvae lollipop in the gift shop and grosses out my daughter.”
“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.”
“Today it is the largest insectarium in North America and among the largest in the world, attracting more than 350,000 visitors each year.”
“Meanwhile, over at The BugWorld Experience on the Albert Dock, Leafcutter Ants have been parading with England flags up and down their insectarium.”
“A colony was established in the insectarium at the”
“This financial assistance has been used to establish an insectarium, inaugurated today, in the”
“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.”
“Audubon Nature Institute 's zoo, park, aquarium, or insectarium.”
“insectarium.com in northeast Philadelphia offers a chance for visitors to confront their entomophobias.”
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john “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 Jan 6, 2009