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i noun, plural vi·var·i·ums, vi·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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| —n , pl -iums, -ia | |
| a place where live animals are kept under natural conditions for study, research, etc | |
| [C16: from Latin: enclosure where live fish or game are kept, from vīvus alive] | |
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Vivarium
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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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Example sentences
He insists upon taking the writer up to his flat to see his vivarium and his reptiles that talk.
Alarms and controls to be placed in the vivarium control area.
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