MENAGERIE
Dictionary entry overview: What does menagerie mean? • MENAGERIE (noun)
The noun MENAGERIE has 2 senses:
1. a collection of live animals for study or display
2. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Familiarity information: MENAGERIE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MENAGERIE (noun)
Meaning:
A collection of live animals for study or display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("menagerie" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meaning:
The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
zoo; zoological garden; menagerie
Hypernyms ("menagerie" is a kind of...):
facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)
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