Recent Examples on the WebResearchers had built artificial burrows within temporary aviaries, which the birds will remain enclosed in for a month.—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024 Blue spent Friday morning and afternoon in International Bird Rescue’s flight aviary.—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024 Exhibits included stingrays and sharks gliding in their saltwater tanks while parakeets flutter in their small aviary.—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024 The Butterfly Jungle Safari experience allows visitors to wander through the Hidden Jungle aviary among hundreds of butterflies, feed them and learn about their essential role in the ecosystem.—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024 The hotel, situated in a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains, offers round-the-clock movie screenings, a collection of props and memorabilia in each room, and for lovers of The Birds, an aviary with fifty crows.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2024 The aviaries are placed near enough to one another on the preserve that the burrowing owls can hear each other vocalize.—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024 Once, during a renovation, zookeepers had to move the macaws into a different aviary.—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023 Most visitors come for Butterfly World, home to a tropical rainforest, brilliant botanical gardens and aviaries teeming with live butterflies and wild birds.—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Latin aviarium, from avis bird; akin to Greek aetos eagle
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