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vermiary en · NOUN

Etymology

From vermi- + aviary.

Meanings

1. A place where worms are raised.
   • A few service the particular needs of other species, including vermiaries that sustain Lekgolo colonies transplanted from their home on Te. 2017 September 5, Kenneth Peters, Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68:
   • The interior arrangement of the yard includes a dirt-hole, a vermiary, or worm-trap, and several clumps of vegetation intended to furnish shady retreats for the fowls. 1897 April 14, Paul Devaux, anonymous translator, “Practical Aviculture”, in The Gentleman Farmer, volume 1, number 4, Chicago: Brother Jonathan Publishing Co., translation of original in French, page 322:

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Relateds

vermiculture