serpentarium

[ sur-puhn-tair-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural ser·pen·tar·i·ums, ser·pen·tar·i·a [sur-p, uh, n-, tair, -ee-, uh].

1. a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of serpentarium¹

serpent + -arium

Example Sentences

Bowker worked in the Miami Serpentarium, which according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel was the world’s first snake venom production laboratory.

From Slate

In 1993, Bowker arranged a deal with a man named Rudy “Cobra King” Komarek to exchange 22 alligators for 22 timber rattlesnakes; the director of the Serpentarium had wanted the snakes’ venom for his private medical research.

From Slate

He has worked at the serpentarium with Asprilla for nearly two decades, but he's still reluctant to extract venom from snakes.

From Scientific American

Most of the venom from the serpentarium goes to antivenom production at the farm near Medellín's airport where he works.

From Scientific American

Asprilla has been bitten twice since he started working at the University of Antioquia's serpentarium, but he isn't one to elaborate on the experience.

From Scientific American