vivarium Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Vi*va"ri*um noun
Etymology
L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See Vivid.
Wordforms
plural E Vivariums L Vivaria
Definitions
  1. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.

Webster 1913