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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

puz′zle box′, [Psychol.]

Psychology, Animal Behavioran enclosure, used in experiments in animal learning, from which an animal must escape or in which it must manipulate various devices.

1865–70

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