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menagerie

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me⋅nag⋅er⋅ie

  [muh-naj-uh-ree, -nazh-]
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–noun
1. a collection of wild or unusual animals, esp. for exhibition.
2. a place where they are kept or exhibited.
3. an unusual and varied group of people.
Origin:
1705–15; < F: lit., housekeeping. See ménage, -ery
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me·nag·er·ie   (mə-nāj'ə-rē, -nāzh'-)   
n.  

    1. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition.

    2. An enclosure in which wild animals are kept.

  2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.


[French ménagerie, from Old French mesnage, ménage; see ménage.]
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Word Origin & History

menagerie 
1712, "collection of wild animals kept in captivity," from Fr. ménagerie "housing for domestic animals," from O.Fr. menage (see menage).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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