VIVARIUM

vivarium

(noun) an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vivarium (plural vivariums or vivaria)

A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.

Source: Wiktionary


Vi*va"ri*um, n.; pl. E. Vivariums, L. Vivaria. Etym: [L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See Vivid.]

Definition: A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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