liveboxn.
/ˈlʌɪvbɒks/, U.S. /ˈlaɪvˌbɑks/ A box in which to hold small live animals.
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1834 A. Pritchard Nat. Hist. Animalcules 20 With respect to the mode of viewing animalcules under the Microscope; I would direct that they be placed in what are termed aquatic live-boxes..or on a slip of glass.
1858 Philos. Trans. 1857 (Royal Soc.) 147 315 When several of the young were hatched, they whirled and shot round and round the live-box in which they were enclosed.
1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 18/2, 19/1 In Michigan, in a day's fishing, the true-hearted angler returns to the water a great many more than he puts in his live-box.
1996 Chesapeake Bay Feb. 38/3 Each day he stores his catch in a livebox in the river.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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