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vivarium
CIDE DICTIONARY
vivarium, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vivarium, n. (pl. vivaria) a place artificially prepared for keeping animals in (nearly) their natural state.
Etymology
L, = warren, fishpond, f. vivus living f. vivere live
ROGET THESAURUS
vivarium
Husbandry
N husbandry, taming, circuration, zoohygiantics, domestication, domesticity, manege, veterinary art, farriery, breeding, pisciculture, menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, bear pit, aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive, hive, aquarium, fishery, duck pond, fish pond, phthisozoics, euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction, neatherd, cowherd, shepherd, grazier, drover, cowkeeper, trainer, breeder, apiarian, apiarist, bull whacker, cowboy, cow puncher, farrier, horse leech, horse doctor, vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon, cage, hencoop, bird cage, cauf, range, sheepfold, pastoral, bucolic, tame, domestic.For further exploring for "vivarium" in Webster Dictionary Online