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larvarium

UK/lɑːˈvɛəɹi.əm/US/lɑɹˈvɛɹi.əm/

larvarium noun: a place for raising larvae.

Noun

larvarium (plural larvaria)

  1. A place for raising larvae.
    • Such a range of shelving, facing north, forms an excellent larvarium; the winds will blow about your larvæ and they will be reared in a state which closely approaches the natural one.1943, Philip Bertram Murray Allan, Talking of Moths, page 318
    • At the end of his so remote, so near, 1884 summer Van, before leaving Ardis, was to make a visit of adieu to Ada's larvarium.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

Forms of larvarium

plurallarvaria

Words that rhyme with larvarium

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Questions about larvarium

What does larvarium mean?
Larvarium means a place for raising larvae.
What part of speech is larvarium?
Larvarium is a noun.
How do you pronounce larvarium?
Larvarium is pronounced /lɑːˈvɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of larvarium?
The plural of larvarium is larvaria.

Words near larvarium in the dictionary

  1. larvaless
  2. larvalike
  3. larvalization
  4. larvally
  5. larvaria
  6. larvarium
  7. larvas
  8. larvate
  9. larvated
  10. larvates
  11. larvating

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