Dictionary entry

Vivarium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Vi‐va″ri‐um (?), n.; pl. E. Vivariums (#), L. Vivaria (#). [L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See Vivid.] A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.