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单词 serpentarium
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serpentariumn.

/səːpənˈtɛːrɪəm/
Etymology: < serpent n. + -arium suffix.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
A building or enclosure in which snakes (and other reptiles) are confined, as for public display or observation; a snake-house or reptiliary. Cf. ophidiarium n.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.
1955 Amer. Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 4 1135 This is the case of one of us (W. E. H.), a white male, age 43, who is the director of a serpentarium in Miami, Florida.
1965 T. Helm World of Snakes viii. 101 With the establishment of his Serpentarium in 1948, Haarst's career has made him a worldwide medical wonder. By successfully self-immunizing himself with cobra venom his blood has become a valuable serum.
1977 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 3/6 Desperate attempts by a father to force open the jaws of a 2,000 lb. crocodile failed as his six-year-old son was dragged under water at the Miami Serpentarium on Saturday.
1989 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. Weekly Econ. Rep. (B.B.C.) 6 Oct. SU/W0097/A/1 There are some 1,000 adders in Belorussia's first serpentarium which has opened in Vitebsk Oblast's Sennenskiy Rayon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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