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vivaria
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions [also: vivaria (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vivarium \Vi*va"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. Vivariums , L. Vivaria . [L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See Vivid .] A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of vivarium English)
Usage examples of vivaria.
I gathered that the Muls to whom I spoke, who seemed well enough disposed towards me, simply did not know what was meant, in spite of the fact that several of them had been bred in the Nest, in the breeding cases located in certain special vivaria set aside for the purpose.
If ever I, though a Roman bred and born, come to be tried, pray Jupiter there may be either no beasts in the vivaria, or plenty of criminals in the gaol.