zoo
noun
1.
the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Origin
Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology. * Sense 5 is a clipping of zoophile or zoophilia.
Phrases
- goo to you by way of the zoo
- human zoo
- like feeding time at the zoo
- morning zoo
- particle zoo
- petting zoo
- safari zoo
- who's who in the zoo
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