oceanarium

[ oh-shuh-nair-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural o·cea·nar·i·ums, o·cea·nar·i·a [oh-sh, uh, -, nair, -ee-, uh].

1. a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.

oceanarium

/ ˌəʊʃəˈnɛərɪəm /

noun

1. a large saltwater aquarium for marine life

Word History and Origins

Origin of oceanarium¹

1935–40; ocean + -arium, modelled on aquarium

Example Sentences

The resort occupies more than 102 acres of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the former site of the Marineland of the Pacific oceanarium, which closed after more than three decades in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1954, a year before Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Marineland of the Pacific inaugurated its “oceanarium” theme park, with a 12-year-old girl, “Alice in Marineland,” cutting a fishnet instead of a ribbon.

From Los Angeles Times

In their place would be 17,000 homes in luxury high-rises, along with hotels, parks, a stadium, an oceanarium and an opera house.

From Los Angeles Times

The girl was attacked near the Oceanarium, when thousands of people were using the beach on one of the hottest days of the year.

From BBC

Ellen Goethel, an invertebrate zoologist who runs an interactive oceanarium in New Hampshire, told The Post that she has a calico lobster and two blue lobsters in her tank.

From Washington Post