1. an enclosure for keeping and observing animals or plants under natural conditions for study

Examples

• The biology class built a vivarium to study local insects.
• The zoo’s reptile vivarium houses several species of snakes and lizards.
• She created a small vivarium in her backyard to observe butterfly behavior.
• The research vivarium allows scientists to study animal behavior in controlled conditions.
• Students visited the university’s vivarium to learn about different ecosystems.
• The vivarium contained native plants and small mammals from the region.