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Orange County Zoo
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zoo

  [zoo] ,
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–noun, plural zoos.
1. Also called zoological garden. a parklike area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition.
2. Informal. a place, activity, or group marked by chaos or unrestrained behavior.
Origin:
1840–50; first two syllables of zoological garden taken as one syllable
Orange County Zoo
A Fun Destination for Entire Family Located within Irvine Park. Info...
www.IrvineParkRailroad.com

zoo-

 
a combining form meaning “living being,” “animal,” used in the formation of compound words: zoometry; zooplankton.
Also, especially before a vowel, zo-.

Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk zôion animal
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zoo   (zōō)   
n.   pl. zoos

  1. A park or an institution in which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public. Also called zoological garden.

  2. Slang A place or situation marked by confusion or disorder: The bus station is a zoo on Fridays.


[Short for zoological garden.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
zoo

  1. n.
    a confusing and chaotic place. : This place is a zoo on Monday mornings.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

zoo 
c.1847, short for Zoological Gardens of the London Zoological Society, established 1828 in Regent's Park to house the society's collection of wild animals. From comb. form of Gk. zoion "an animal," lit. "a living being," from PIE base *gwei- "to live, life" (cf. Gk. bios "life," O.E. cwicu "living;" see bio-). Slang meaning "crowded and chaotic place" first recorded 1935.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

zoo- or zo-
pref.
Animal; animal kingdom: zoonosis.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

Zoo
Berkeley Yacc

zoo tool, file format
A data compression program and format by Rahul Dhesi. Zoo is reported to use the same Lempel Ziv algorithm as LHA. It is available for many platforms and source is available. .zoo archives are handled by many other PC archiving programs.
Version 2.10 was released in 1989. Search the web for zoo210 to obtain an executable.
Description.
(2000-07-05)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

zoo

see it's a zoo.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
zoo
zoological garden
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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