Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
spritsamling
English translation:
(collection of) bottled specimens
Norwegian term
spritsamling
Proposed translations
bottled specimens
collection of alcoholic beverages
booze exhibit
spirit collection
The building will rehouse and simultaneously allow public access to the Museum's massive "spirit collection," some 22 million zoological specimens preserved in jars, bottles and for the largest animals, huge vats of alcohol.
alcohol-preserved collections
The recently completed C. V. Starr Natural Science Building houses the Invertebrate Zoology alcohol-preserved collections in a 4,000-square-foot compactor facility with an adjoining laboratory area.
anatomical specimens from the Bird Division’s alcohol preserved collection
fluid-preserved specimens
One also uses formaldehyde, formaline, formol...
Dette er det nye hjemmet til museets spritsamling, som består av 22 millioner små og store dyr fra hele verden, godt bevart i et utall glass og kar av alle størrelser og fasonger.
http://www.nhm.org/research/ornithology/
http://www.nhm.uio.no/entomologi/journals/insektnytt/1992-3-4/Vanninsekter.HTM
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