Vivarium Definition

vī-vârē-əm
vivaria, vivariums
noun
An enclosed indoor place for keeping and studying terrestrial animals.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Vivarium

Noun

Singular:
vivarium
Plural:
vivaria, vivariums

Origin of Vivarium

  • Latin vīvārium from neuter of vīvārius of living creatures from vīvus alive vivify

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vīvārium.

    From Wiktionary

Vivarium Sentence Examples

  • They are relatively placid animals and are kept in a cage, hutch or vivarium.

  • School Pets In School we have a big vivarium in the corridor.

  • The first thing to say I think is do not buy a glass tank vivarium.

  • The Naturalist's Miscellany or Vivarium Naturale, in English and Latin, of Shaw and Nodder, the former being the author, the latter the draughtsman and engraver, was begun in 1789 and carried on till Shaw's death, forming twenty-four volumes.

  • An enclosed vivarium is unsuitable for any species that requires a temperature gradient, or differential, to enable self-selection of body temperature.

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Words Starting With

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