"reptilarium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reptilariums [plural], reptilaria [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|reptilaria}} reptilarium (plural reptilariums or reptilaria)
  1. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising reptiles.
    Sense id: en-reptilarium-en-noun-DTLf-3BJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] because she believed with the natives of the district that if a woman killed a snake she would give birth to a monster, she took pains to leave the pests alone, so that the house, being in a region over-run with snakes, was often like a reptilarium.",
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          "text": "There were going to be large numbers of Japanese aircraft: \"Probably in excess of one hundred,\" the skinny, bespectacled, school-teacherish Navy full Lieutenant intelligence Officer had announced at the most recent briefing, sounding as bored as a guide in the Atlanta Zoo telling visitors about the wonders they could find in the reptilarium.",
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          "text": "2011, The Rough Guide to Las Vegas, Rough Guides, Penguin Random House, Chapter 7, https://books.google.ca/books?id=x6Or6O122_sC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nBesides displays on the geology and history of the region, the centre provides an introduction to local wildlife, with reptilariums holding live rattlesnakes."
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