(n.) An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
Example Sentences:
(1) The composition of animal communities developing from planktonic larvae in aquariums.
(2) Some groups of receptor axons possessed a selective sensitivity to histamine and to water from aquarium with fishes.
(3) Five cases of amebiasis were diagnosed in goldfish (Carassius auratus) from home aquariums and from a laboratory aquarium.
(4) By these methods unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) was detected quantitatively as silver grains on epithelial cells of mouse skin after treatment with chemical carcinogens or UV irradiation, and on cerebral ganglion cells of aquarium fish after treatment with various chemical carcinogens.
(5) The analysis of the incidence of induced tumors, period of their appearance and Iball index shows high sensitivity of the aquarium fishes to the carcinogenic action.
(6) The organism was isolated from the lesion as well as from infected fish taken from his home aquarium.
(7) Many of our best zoos (particularly those associated with the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) have boundless energy for the conservation cause.
(8) Lebistes reticulatus (guppy) was subjected to a continuous treatment of a 500-G homogeneous magnetic field within a specially designed horseshoe magnet encompassing a small aquarium.
(9) As the Reuters news agency reports: With a 100 percent record so far, the British-born aquarium dweller at Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany has become a celebrity having correctly predicted a series of German wins and even Germany's surprise group stage loss to Serbia.
(10) Seahorses are threatened by overexploitation for traditional medicines, aquariums and curiosities, accidental capture by fishing fleets, and degradation of their habitats.
(11) The present cases were the first report of morbillivirus infection of aquarium seals in Japan.
(12) A successful aquarium system with recycled sea water was used for squid maintenance.
(13) Care for the Wild notes that public aquariums – first introduced in the 19th century – are now a global tourism phenomenon, their number rising steadily despite the occasional boycott.
(14) Two species of coarse fish that are relatively resistant to cadmium poisoning were exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of the metal in their aquarium water.
(15) Rainbow trout were exposed to defined levels of cadmium in their aquarium water for differing periods at a variety of near-lethal concentrations that ensured the survival of the majority of the fish.
(16) Liver neoplasms including trabecular hepatoma and cholangioma were induced in medakas (Oryzias latipes) by the addition of methylazoxymethanol acetate to their aquarium water at levels of 0.1-3 ppm for periods ranging from 1 to 120 days.
(17) The aquarium consisted of a 7-liter plastic outer shell.
(18) The presence of either 3 or 9 L. carinatus or 3 M. cornuarietis per 40 l aquarium did not reduce the population size of B. glabrata below levels attained in control aquaria lacking ampullariids.
(19) The diagnosis, treatment, and control of parasites and nonparasitic pests of aquarium fish are covered.
(20) 3 biopsies of 3-5 week-old nodular lesions in 2 patients with so-called swimming-pool (aquarium-) granuloma have been examined by electron microscopy.
Fishtank
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The group's chic black-panelled New Bond Street offices in the heart of London's shopping district look more like a trendy nightclub than the corporate headquarters of a £5bn-turnover retail business, complete with a sculpture of a Viking carrying a guitar and giant fishtank.