| 释义 |
insectarium|ɪnsɛkˈtɛərɪəm|
Also in anglicized form insectary |ˈɪnsɛktərɪ|.
[f. insecta + -arium.]
A place for keeping and breeding insects; an entomological vivarium.
1881W. A. Forbes Sci. Papers (1885) 294 A new house in the Zoological Society's Gardens has been opened..an ‘Insectarium’, or house devoted to the exhibition of living specimens, in their various stages, of the class of Insects. 1888J. H. Comstock in Amer. Nat. Dec. 1129 An Insectary for entomological work. |
