aquarist

noun

aquar·​ist ə-ˈkwer-ist How to pronounce aquarist (audio)
-ˈkwa-rist
: a person who keeps or maintains an aquarium

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As part of efforts to bring back the species from functional extinction in California, scientists and aquarists successfully spawned three Pycnos at Birch Aquarium in February this year. Jennifer Adler, Vox, 7 July 2024 SeaWorld Orlando senior aquarist Becki Orze points out a male smalltooth sawfish that fathered three baby smalltooth sawfish in Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2023.Rich Pope / Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Alamy Ripley’s Aquariums plan to take up to six smalltooth sawfish into their facilities. Maria Piñero, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2024 SeaWorld Orlando senior aquarist Becki Orze points out the male smalltooth sawfish that fathered three baby smalltooth sawfish who were born at SeaWorld Orlando, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023 Papaya was seen again Saturday near Redondo Canyon by Eric Martin, aquarist director at Roundhouse Aquarium, who used an underwater device called a hydrophone to listen for the rhythmic clicking of the whale’s echolocation to find him. Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for aquarist 

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aquarist was in 1863

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“Aquarist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aquarist. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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aquarist

noun
aquar·​ist ə-ˈkwar-əst How to pronounce aquarist (audio)
-ˈkwer-
: one who keeps an aquarium
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