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单词 ophidiarium
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ophidiariumn.

Forms: 1800s ophidarium, 1800s ophidiarium.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Ophidia n., -arium suffix.
Etymology: < Ophidia n. + -arium suffix, after aquarium n., vivarium n., etc. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ofi:diˌēə·riɒ̆m) /əʊˌfɪdɪˈɛərɪəm/.
Obsolete. rare.
A vivarium for snakes.
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1882 C. C. Hopley Snakes Introd. 16 I now invite my readers to accompany me in imagination to the Ophidarium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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