Examples of aviary in a Sentence
The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
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Prior to release from the temporary aviaries into the rainforests of Palmyra Atoll, each sihek was given a health exam.
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Specifically, a trustee was awarded $100,000 and access to additional funds, but the birds had to be allowed to remain living in the aviary of Mandel’s Wainscott, Hamptons home after her death (in 2015).
—Alexandra Peers, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
Below the castle, rusting wire pens once held Della’s mastiffs; on the patio, an aviary for her exotic birds still stands.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The researchers then brought blackbirds from both locations to an aviary for a long-term experiment on the effect of light pollution.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Specifically, a trustee was awarded $100,000 and access to additional funds, but the birds had to be allowed to remain living in the aviary of Mandel’s Wainscott, Hamptons home after her death (in 2015).
—Alexandra Peers, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
Below the castle, rusting wire pens once held Della’s mastiffs; on the patio, an aviary for her exotic birds still stands.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
The researchers then brought blackbirds from both locations to an aviary for a long-term experiment on the effect of light pollution.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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aviary
noun
avi·ary
ˈā-vē-ˌer-ē 
plural aviaries
: a place (as a large cage or a building) where many live birds are kept usually for exhibition
Etymology
from Latin aviarium "place to keep birds," from avis "bird"
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