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vi⋅var⋅i⋅um
[vahy-vair-ee-uh
m, vi-] 
–noun, plural -var⋅i⋅ums, -var⋅i⋅a [-vair-ee-uh] .
[-vair-ee-uh] . | a place, such as a laboratory, where live animals or plants are kept under conditions simulating their natural environment, as for research. |
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| vi·var·i·um (vī-vâr'ē-əm) n. pl. vi·var·i·ums or vi·var·i·a (-ē-ə) A place, especially an indoor enclosure, for keeping and raising living animals and plants under natural conditions for observation or research. [Latin vīvārium, from neuter of vīvārius, of living creatures, from vīvus, alive; see vivify.] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: vi·var·i·um
Pronunciation: vI-'var-E-&m, -'ver-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural vi·var·ia /-E-&/ or vi·var·i·ums
: an enclosure for keeping or raising and observing animals especially for laboratory research
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vivarium
enclosure with glass sides, and sometimes a glass top, arranged for keeping plants or terrestrial or semi-terrestrial animals indoors. The purpose may be decoration, scientific observation, or plant or animal propagation
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