vivarium

UK/vaɪˈvɛəɹi.əm/US/vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/

nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: vivaria, vivariums

A vivarium is a glass case for keeping reptiles. Set up a vivarium.

It needs a warm end and a cool one, since a reptile controls its temperature by moving. A vivarium also needs the right light, or a lizard cannot use the calcium it eats.

Definitions of vivarium

1nounvivariumA glass case for keeping reptiles.C2
“The vivarium took up most of one wall.”

vivarium is an enclosure.

Where it comes from

Latin
vīvārium
English, today
vivarium

Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Pets & Pet Care

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vivarium in the wild

A vivarium (Latin for 'place of life'; pl. vivaria or vivariums) is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research.
Vivarium
A paludarium is a type of vivarium that incorporates both terrestrial and aquatic elements.
Paludarium
A vivarium was an enclosure where the ancient Romans kept wild animals used for hunts or other types of entertainments, for example in amphitheatres.
Vivarium (Rome)
According to one source, a second, smaller vivarium was located near the Colosseum below the convent of St.
Vivarium (Rome)
A penguinarium is a vivarium for penguins intended to simulate aspects of their natural environment.
Penguinarium

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