Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place where snakes and sometimes other reptiles are kept for display or study.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place where serpents are confined for safety or for exhibition.
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Examples
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My system craved a drink: four inches of Jim Beam straight up, with a sweating Jax draft on the side, an amber-gold rush that could light my soul for hours and even let me pretend that the serpentarium was closed forever.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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My system craved a drink: four inches of Jim Beam straight up, with a sweating Jax draft on the side, an amber-gold rush that could light my soul for hours and even let me pretend that the serpentarium was closed forever.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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My system craved a drink: four inches of Jim Beam straight up, with a sweating Jax draft on the side, an amber-gold rush that could light my soul for hours and even let me pretend that the serpentarium was closed forever.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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My system craved a drink: four inches of Jim Beam straight up, with a sweating Jax draft on the side, an amber-gold rush that could light my soul for hours and even let me pretend that the serpentarium was closed forever.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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In connection with his institute, and right by the laboratory, the doctor has a large serpentarium, in which quantities of the common poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are kept, and some of the rarer ones.
I. The Start 1914
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In connection with his institute, and right by the laboratory, the doctor has a large serpentarium, in which quantities of the common poisonous and non-poisonous snakes are kept, and some of the rarer ones.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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It contains exhibits equivalent to an excellent zoo; a huge aviary, butterfly and hummingbird pavilions, jungle cat enclosures, monkey enclosures, a serpentarium and a dazzling display of Costa Rican frogs.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Dennis Jones Special to the Vail Daily Vail 2010
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 photo provided by Phil Sandlin, a poisonous Gaboon Viper proudly displays its nostril horns in a serpentarium in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
CTV News RSS Feed 2010
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More than 400 students visit Kingsville serpentarium during Viper Day
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A&M University has had an active venom research program for 30 years (and a computer-controlled serpentarium!) dedicated to discovering medically important toxins in venom from such snakes as cottonmouths, copperheads and rattlesnakes.
FOXNews.com Kat Meduski 2010
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Anaconda captured in Florida park
People at the park near Orlando had noticed ducks and geese disappearing, and had suspected an alligator. The 12-foot snake was taken to a serpentarium. - LA Times
January 24, 2010