Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A collection of live frogs; a place where frogs are kept alive, to study their transformations, for vivisection in physiological experiments, etc.

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  • noun a place where frogs are bred

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Examples

  • The tiny ones are hard to spot so the ranarium puts little markers near leaves where one is resting to help you find them.

    Man and Woman vs WILD Belizean' A New Trail 2009

  • The tiny ones are hard to spot so the ranarium puts little markers near leaves where one is resting to help you find them.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Belizean' A New Trail 2009

  • The frogs in the ranarium are only fed one half of the diet so they don’t develop the venom – interesting, no true?

    Man and Woman vs WILD Belizean' A New Trail 2009

  • The frogs in the ranarium are only fed one half of the diet so they don’t develop the venom – interesting, no true?

    Archive 2009-01-01 Belizean' A New Trail 2009

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  • A place for rearing frogs.

    May 16, 2008

  • I prefer froggery, which has the advantage of sounding ever so slightly lubricious.

    May 16, 2008

  • Home sweet home.

    May 4, 2009