[
UK
/tɛɹˈeəɹiəm/
]
NOUN
- a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed
How To Use terrarium In A Sentence
- Or there's the time we kept a huge golden-spotted salamander successfully in a terrarium for a whole year, or the summer we watched as a huge spider rebuilt a beautiful orb web in our upstairs bathroom window each night.
- Males were kept together in a terrarium (70 x 30 cm, height 30 cm) until September, with ad libitum food and water.
- On the floor in a dark corner there was another terrarium with its lid askew. WHERE THE HEART IS
- Visitors to his home always saw an aquarium, usually with an octopus and several exotic fish and often a terrarium.
- I bought a terrarium and filled it with anything I could find in my surrounding environment.
- If your terrarium is going to be home to any live animals, such as lizards, tarantulas, or other wildlife, make sure you include a water source, by embedding a shallow dish into the soil and keeping it filled with fresh water.
- He once conducted an informal experiment in a terrarium on his desk, in which he placed a mixture of stones, pebbles, sand, and a few desert beetles large enough to budge marble-size stones as they propelled themselves across the ground.
- He'd triple checked the plants in the terrariums and assigned a couple of servos to look after them.
- Carlos crosses the beach with the cobra twisting in his arms, folds him into his terrarium, seals the lid, and breathes.
- Materials needed to assemble your terrarium include gravel for drainage; sphagnum moss to keep the soil from sifting into the drainage area; potting mix without fertilizer; and accessories like gravel, miniature animals — whatever items that add a touch of whimsy to your terrarium. Terrarium Day at Sugar Creek « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog