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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A reptile-house, or other place where reptiles are confined and kept alive; a herpetological vivarium. A special reptile-house, or reptilium, was built in 1882 and 1883 by the Zoölogical Society of London.
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- noun An enclosure in which
reptiles are kept
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