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View synonyms for zoological garden

zoological garden

zoological garden

noun

  1. See zoo
    the formal term for zoo


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Word History and Origins

Origin of zoological garden1

First recorded in 1820–30

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Example Sentences

It was a magnificent bald eagle—the first I had ever seen outside of a zoological garden.

To Jack and Fred he seemed fully four times the size of the largest black bear they had ever seen in any zoological garden.

Aristotle instituted the first zoological garden that history mentions, barring that of Noah.

It is, indeed, a vast zoological garden, where such formalities as hunting licenses are still unknown.

The time seems approaching when the horse will cease to be seen in our streets, and may be relegated to the zoological garden.

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