menagerie
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me·nag·er·ie
(mə-năj′ə-rē, -năzh′-)n.
1.
a. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition.
b. The place where such animals are kept.
2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.
[French ménagerie, from Old French mesnage, ménage; see ménage.]
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menagerie
(mɪˈnædʒərɪ)n
1. (Zoology) a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition
2. (Zoology) the place where such animals are housed
[C18: from French: household management, which formerly included care of domestic animals. See ménage]
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me•nag•er•ie
(məˈnædʒ ə ri, -ˈnæʒ-)n.
1. a collection of wild or unusual animals, esp. for exhibition.
2. a place where they are kept or exhibited.
3. an unusual and varied group of people.
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Menagerie
a collection of wild or foreign animals; an aviary, 1712.Examples: menageries of live peers in Parliament, 1850; of pheasants, 1830.
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Noun | 1. | menagerie - a collection of live animals for study or display aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
2. | menagerie - 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" |
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Translations
مَجْموعَة حيوانات نادِرَه
zvěřinec
menageri
állatsereglet
dÿragarîur
žvėrynas
zvērnīca
zverinec
hayvanat bahçesivahşi hayvanlar koleksiyonu
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
menagerie
n → Menagerie f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
menagerie
(miˈnӕdʒəri) noun (a place for keeping) a collection of wild animals.
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