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  • noun rare Plural form of terrarium.

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Examples

  • They aren't exercises, they're terraria with flora and fauna and history.

    DIMENSIONS N A 2009

  • They aren't exercises, they're terraria with flora and fauna and history.

    Archive 2009-04-01 N A 2009

  • One Thursday afternoon, when London zoo was closed to the public, Mister Thomas Greggs, who was in charge of the lizard pavillion, was cleaning out the tanks and terraria.

    The War with the Newts 2006

  • He has just been building terraria so his hands are glopped with glue, P.J. explains.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • He shows me tenrecs in cardboard boxes, housed there temporarily while he cobbles together still more terraria.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • He has just been building terraria so his hands are glopped with glue, P.J. explains.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • He shows me tenrecs in cardboard boxes, housed there temporarily while he cobbles together still more terraria.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • They observe life and in more than a thousand classrooms in the public schools of this city there are terraria and aquaria in which the children can observe plants; fish, and small animals, and watch them grow and change.

    What Makes a Good School? 1954

  • "If you're feeling an ache for the earth but never satisfying that urge, a terrarium might be the solution," writes Martin, in her essential guide to all things terraria, 176 pages that spell out all the hows and whys and whats you'll need to plant your plot of botanic balm.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Jupiter, we need to either: adapt Jupiter (impractical), construct habitats and live in terraria (only slightly more practical), or adapt human beings to Jupiter.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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