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Menagerie

//məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
  2. 2
    the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition wordnet
  3. 3
    The enclosure where they are kept.

    "In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness."

  4. 4
    a collection of live animals for study or display wordnet
  5. 5
    A diverse or miscellaneous group.

    "[Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets."

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  1. 6
    The orchestra of a theatre. obsolete, slang

Etymology

From French ménagerie, derived from ménager (“to keep house”), household. Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.

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