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aviary

a large cage or house for birds
Not to be confused with:
apiary – a place in which a colony of bees is kept
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a·vi·ar·y

 (ā′vē-ĕr′ē)
n. pl. a·vi·ar·ies
A large enclosure for holding birds in confinement.

[Latin aviārium, from avis, bird; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

a′vi·a·rist (-ə-rĭst, -ĕr′ĭst) n.
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aviary

(ˈeɪvjərɪ)
n, pl aviaries
a large enclosure in which birds are kept
[C16: from Latin aviārium, from aviārius concerning birds, from avis bird]
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a•vi•ar•y

(ˈeɪ viˌɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies.
a large cage or a house or enclosure in which birds are kept.
[1570–80; < Latin aviārium=avi(s) bird + -ārium -ary]
a′vi•a•rist (-ərɪst) n.
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a·vi·ar·y

(ā′vē-ĕr′ē)
A large cage or enclosure for birds, as in a zoo.
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Aviary

 an enclosure for live birds, hence, the birds themselves, collectively.
Examples: aviary of birds; aviary of errors, 1647.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.aviary - a building where birds are keptaviary - a building where birds are kept  
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
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aviary

noun bird enclosure There is also an aviary with parrots, macaws and peacocks.
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Translations
قَفَص كَبير لِلطُّيور
voliéra
voliere
fuglasafn, fuglabúr
paukštynas
putnu māja
voliéra
kuş evikuşane

aviary

[ˈeɪvɪərɪ] Npajarera f
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aviary

[ˈeɪviəri] nvolière f
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aviary

nVogelhaus nt, → Voliere f
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aviary

[ˈeɪvɪərɪ] nvoliera, uccelliera
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aviary

(ˈeiviəri) plural ˈaviaries noun
a place in which birds are kept.
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References in classic literature ?
For aviaries, I like them not, except they be of that largeness as they may be turfed, and have living plants and bushes set in them; that the birds may have more scope, and natural nesting, and that no foulness appear in the floor of the aviary.
Let us say here that a prince's apartment was then composed of never less than eleven large rooms, from the chamber of state to the oratory, not to mention the galleries, baths, vapor-baths, and other "superfluous places," with which each apartment was provided; not to mention the private gardens for each of the king's guests; not to mention the kitchens, the cellars, the domestic offices, the general refectories of the house, the poultry-yards, where there were twenty-two general laboratories, from the bakehouses to the wine-cellars; games of a thousand sorts, malls, tennis, and riding at the ring; aviaries, fishponds, menageries, stables, barns, libraries, arsenals and foundries.
The beautiful bird arrived from Birdworld in Hampshire six months ago but has only gone on show to visitors this week in the Triple Aviaries.
Some 21 Madagascar pochards spent a week in the safety of the world's first floating aviaries on Lake Sofia in the north of the country.
The ducks were released from the aviaries in December and very quickly adapted to the lake, diving and flying, associating with other wild ducks and returning to the safety of the floating aviaries to feed and roost.
During February 2014, a yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) and glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami) housed in aviaries on a property in Wamuran, Queensland, were submitted for postmortem.
The gardens were granted planning permission to demolish three parrot aviaries and replace them with a large single aviary near Lemur Wood.
"The fire has destroyed two aviaries and a store room in the Centre.
During the experimental period, about 40 birds were kept in the aviaries; most of them in planted outside aviaries during the breeding season (September to January) and in aerial wire mesh floored enclosures during the rest of the year.
Present study was conducted in two aviaries placed in the vicinity of Wildlife and Fisheries Research Station and Botanical Garden at New Campus of Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.