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A collection of live wild animals on exhibition.
An enclosure in which wild animals are kept.
A diverse or miscellaneous group.
ménagerie , from Old French mesnage , ménage ; see ménage
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1712, "collection of wild animals kept in captivity," from Fr.
ménagerie "housing for domestic animals," from O.Fr.
menage (see
menage ).
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Share This menagerie noun 1. a collection of live animals for study or display 2. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
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(a place for keeping) a collection of wild animals
Arabic: مَجْموعَة حيوانات نادِرَه Chinese (Simplified): 动物园 Chinese (Traditional): 動物園 Czech: zvěřinec Danish: menageri Dutch: menagerie Estonian: loomaaed Finnish: villieläintarha French: ménagerie German: die Menagerie Greek: θηριοτροφείο Hungarian: állatsereglet Icelandic: dÿragarður Indonesian: pengumpulan binatang Italian: serraglio
Japanese: 見せ物動物園 Korean: (개인이 소유한) 대규모 야생동물 사육지 Latvian: zvērnīca Lithuanian: žvėrynas Norwegian: menasjeri Polish: menażeria Portuguese (Brazil): coleção de feras Portuguese (Portugal): zoo Romanian: menajerie Russian: зверинец Slovak: zverinec Slovenian: zverinjak Spanish: casa de fieras Swedish: menageri Turkish: vahşi hayvanlar koleksiyonu; hayvanat bahçesi
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Man"age*ry\, n. [Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See
Manage , n., and cf.
Menagerie .]
1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. --Bp. Burnet.
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Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. ?. Cf.
Manse ,
Manor ,
Menagerie ,
Menial ,
Permanent .]
1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.]
In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2.
These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den?am.
2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st
House , 8. --Chaucer.
4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]
The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. --Chaucer.
Mansion house , the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.
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M['e]`nage"\, n. [See
Menagerie .] A collection of animals; a menagerie. [Obs.] --Addison.
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