vivarium

[ vahy-vair-ee-uh m, vi- ]

/ vaɪˈvɛər i əm, vɪ- /

a place, such as a laboratory, where live animals or plants are kept under conditions simulating their natural environment, as for research.

Origin of vivarium

1590–1600; < Latin vīvārium, equivalent to vīv(us) living (see vital) + -ārium -ary

Collect a number of these larvæ and place them in the vivarium with some twigs of horse-chestnut.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study |Ontario Ministry of Education
Evidently the vivarium near the temple of Esculapius, on the neighboring island, had caught fire.

Quo Vadis |Henryk Sienkiewicz
In a corner of the adjacent field we observe the vivarium, or fish-pond of the priory.

Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire |H. Thornhill Timmins
It will look very different when it is in my vivarium, let me tell you.

Digby Heathcote |W.H.G. Kingston

One of the most important of these devices is the breeding-cage, which is sometimes called a vivarium.

The Butterfly Book |William Jacob Holland

vivarium

/ (vaɪˈvɛərɪəm) /

a place where live animals are kept under natural conditions for study, research, etc

C16: from Latin: enclosure where live fish or game are kept, from vīvus alive