reptilarium

Noun

reptilarium (plural reptilariums or reptilaria)

1. A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising reptiles.
   • […] because she believed with the natives of the district that if a woman killed a snake she would give birth to a monster, she took pains to leave the pests alone, so that the house, being in a region over-run with snakes, was often like a reptilarium.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 208
   • There were going to be large numbers of Japanese aircraft: "Probably in excess of one hundred," the skinny, bespectacled, school-teacherish Navy full Lieutenant intelligence Officer had announced at the most recent briefing, sounding as bored as a guide in the Atlanta Zoo telling visitors about the...1991, W. E. B. Griffin, chapter 1, in Battleground, New York: Jove Books