单词 | serpentarium |
释义 | serpentariumn. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > reptiliary serpentry1846 reptiliary1848 ophidiarium1882 snakery1886 reptilarium1892 serpentarium1895 snake farm1934 reptillery1976 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). < n.1895 |
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