"live box" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪvˌbɒks/ Forms: live boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} live box (plural live boxes)
  1. A box or pen suspended in water to keep aquatic animals alive. Synonyms: live-box
    Sense id: en-live_box-en-noun-3jmgurkC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1856, Philip Henry Gosse, Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday",
          "text": "A drop of water and sediment oozes out; and when the live-box cover is put on, this drop is flattened out, and the box is set upon the stage of the microscope to be searched with a low power.",
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          "ref": "1908, Papers, volume 2, page 302",
          "text": "The 3 individuals which escaped joined others of their species which had been for some days living apparently unmolested against the flat bottom and sides of a large, floating live-box.",
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