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a glass box where you pretend fish enjoy being furniture.

means a water-filled tank or building designed to keep aquatic animals alive and visible to humans.

from from latin aqua meaning water, coined in the 1830s by english naturalist philip henry gosse, who also popularized home fish-keeping as a victorian parlor hobby.

for instance

georgia aquariumatlanta, 2005, largest in the western hemisphere

shinagawa aquariumtokyo, tunnel tank opened 1991

monterey bay aquariumcalifornia, 1984, built on an old sardine cannery

okinawa churaumijapan, home to massive whale shark tank since 2002

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