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Definition of vivarium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vivarium

noun
 
/vaɪˈveəriəm/,
 
/vɪˈveəriəm/
 
/vaɪˈveriəm/,
 
/vɪˈveriəm/
(plural vivaria
 
/vaɪˈveəriə/,
 
/vɪˈveəriə/
 
/vaɪˈveriə/,
 
/vɪˈveriə/
)
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  1. a container for keeping live animals in, especially for scientific study
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘warren, fish pond’, from vivus ‘living’, from vivere ‘to live’.
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