Definition of "aviary" []

• A large enclosure for holding birds in confinement. (noun)

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• "The aviary is much reduced in size, she's down to only thirty something birds lately."
• "Small aviaries are, in fact, but birdcages on a large scale, divided into compartments to suit the nature of the birds that are to be confined in them; while a large aviary is only a superior kind of poultry-yard covered in with wire network to prevent the birds from escaping."
• "Home is an aviary, which is not sealed, where the 2-year-old that stands about 30 inches tall and measures about 48 to 56 inches from beak to tail lives with two peahens the female version of peafowl."