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zoo

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zoo  (z)
n. pl. zoos
1. A park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public. Also called zoological garden.
2. Slang A place or situation marked by confusion or disorder: The bus station is a zoo on Fridays.

[Short for zoological garden.]

zoo [zuː]
n pl zoos
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a place where live animals are kept, studied, bred, and exhibited to the public Formal term zoological garden
[shortened from zoological gardens (originally applied to those in London)]

Zoo a collection of animals; strangely acting persons. [From the Zoological Gardens, London.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.zoozoo - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
Translations
zoo [zuː] Nzoo m, zoológico m, jardín m zoológico, parque m zoológico

zoo [ˈzuː] nzoo m
zoo keeper ngardien(ne) m/f de zoo

zoo
nZoo m, → Tierpark m, → Tiergarten m

zoo [zuː] nzoo m inv, giardino zoologico
zoo [zuː] nzoo m inv, giardino zoologico

zoo
n zoo [zuː]
(short forzoological garden) a place where wild animals are kept for the public to see, and for study, breeding etc. dieretuin حَديقَة الحَيوانات зоопарк zoo zoo; zoologisk have der Zoo ζωολογικός κήπος zoo, parque zoológico loomaaed باغ وحش eläintarha zoo גַן חַיוֹת चिडि़याघर, प्राणी उद्यान zoološki vrt állatkert kebun binatang dÿragarður zoo 動物園 동물원 zoologijos sodas zooloģiskais dārzs zoo dierentuin dyrehage, zoologisk hage zoo jardim zoológico zoo, grădină zoologică зоопарк zoo živalski vrt zoološki vrt zoo สวนสัตว์ hayvanat bahçesi 動物園 зоопарк چڑیا گھر sở thú

zoo حديقة الحيوان zoo zoo Zoo ζωολογικός κήπος zoológico eläintarha zoo zoološki vrt zoo 動物園 동물원 dierentuin dyrehage zoo zoológico зоопарк djurpark สวนสัตว์ hayvanat bahçesi vườn thú 动物园


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As it was, the place was a zoo, and free at that; for, in addition to the animals he owned and trained and bought and sold, a large portion of the business was devoted to boarding trained animals and troupes of animals for owners who were out of engagements, or for estates of such owners which were in process of settlement.
All the other fellows go and they go to the Zoo, too, and you'll never let me do even that.
"I do not know, Miss Porter," replied the young man, "unless we have discovered a runaway simian from the London Zoo who has brought back a European education to his jungle home.
 
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