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zoological garden

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zoological garden
n.
See zoo.
zoological garden
Noun
the formal term for zoo
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Noun1.zoological gardenzoological garden - the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
zoo, menagerie
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"
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Had the occasion arisen to name a professor of gymnastics for the monkeys in the Zoological Garden (who are smart enough, by-the-way
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"I SEE quite a number of rings on your tail," said an Alderman to a Raccoon that he met in a zoological garden.
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And so, monsieur, it goes on, day by day, in this hotel that is a Zoological Garden.
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