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vivarium

vi·var·i·um [ vī vérree əm ] (plural vi·var·i·a [ vī vérree ə ] or vi·var·i·ums)


noun 
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place for keeping and watching animals: a transparent enclosure in which small animals are kept so that their behavior can be studied

[Early 17th century. < Latin, "game preserve, fish pond" < form of vivarius "of living things" < vivus (see vivid)]
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