noun
- an enclosure for keeping or raising living animals, especially for observation or research
Usage: rare; technical
Examples
- The university’s vivary housed various species of reptiles for biological studies.
- Researchers observed animal behavior in the controlled environment of the vivary.
- The zoo’s new vivary featured native amphibians in their natural habitat conditions.
- Students visited the vivary to learn about different ecosystems.
- The vivary’s temperature and humidity were carefully monitored.
- Scientists used the vivary to study breeding patterns in small mammals.