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menagerie
n. zoo, collection of strange or exotic animals, animal exhibit; diverse combination of things


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Menagerie
Menagerie is the term for a historical form of keeping wild and exotic animals in human captivity and therefore a predecessor of the modern zoological garden. The term was foremost used in seventeenth century France originally for the management of the household or domestic stock, but later primarily for an aristocratic or royal animal collection. The French-language "Methodical Encyclopaedia" of 1782 defines a menagerie as an "establishment of luxury and curiosity." Later on the term was referred even to travelling animal collections that exhibited wild animals at fairs across Europe and the Americas.
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menagerie
Noun
1. a collection of live animals for study or display
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
2. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
(synonym) zoo, zoological garden
(hypernym) facility, installation


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Menagerie (die)
n. menagerie, animal exhibit, collection of strange or exotic animals

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