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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
terrarium
 
SYLLABICATION:ter·rar·i·um
PRONUNCIATION:  t-râr-m
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ter·rar·i·ums or ter·rar·i·a (--)
A small enclosure or closed container in which selected living plants and sometimes small land animals, such as turtles and lizards, are kept and observed.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin terrrium : Latin terra, earth; see terrene + –arium.
 
 
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