vivariums

Young ladies are assured that the only plant for their vivariums is a sprig of anacharis, for which they pay sixpence -- the market value being that of a wasp, flea, or other scourge of the human race; and when the vivarium fails, its contents, Anacharis and all, are tost into the nearest ditch; for which the said young lady ought to be fined five pounds; and would be, if Governments governed.

Prose Idylls, New and Old Charles Kingsley 1847

“I had been contemplating adding vivariums to some of the other chambers, to keep up with the demand, but I suppose I shall have to reconsider those plans in light of these unfortunate circumstances.”

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

“I had been contemplating adding vivariums to some of the other chambers, to keep up with the demand, but I suppose I shall have to reconsider those plans in light of these unfortunate circumstances.”

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

“I had been contemplating adding vivariums to some of the other chambers, to keep up with the demand, but I suppose I shall have to reconsider those plans in light of these unfortunate circumstances.”

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

One of my dreams is to one day piece together a cabinet of curiosities, a room full of collected natural specimens, terrariums/aquariums/vivariums, relics of dubious historical significance, and other artifacts with the distinction of nothing more than exhibiting an allure of wonder.

April « 2010 « Typefiend™ 2010

With Clark cracking his whip, various schools were endowed with Olympic-size swimming pools, planetariums, vivariums, greenhouses, a model United Nations wired for language translation, radio and television studios with an animation and editing lab, movie editing and screening rooms, a temperature-controlled art gallery, a dust-free diesel mechanics room and much more.

From Topeka To Kansas City 2008

His snakeskin boots strike you somehow as inappropriate footwear for a visit to a Reptile&Amphibian Fair-with each step, would not a wave of dread echo through the vivariums?

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994

The women of this already have joined work forces in the coffee vivariums and in a large number of other tasks they can perform.

SPEECH IN TOPES DE COLLANTES 19 JULY 1966

Medical schools kept more than 100,000 research animals in basement vivariums.

chron.com Chronicle 2011

All four walls of the young Ken Livingstone's bedroom were, he writes, "lined with three tiers of aquariums and vivariums".

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011