Airstone

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

Etymology

From air + stone.

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