menagerie

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This advice applies to Price and DeAndrade and their menagerie: two dogs, one cat and a friendly bearded dragon named Sanchez.

From Seattle Times

In the first act of “Life of Pi,” a menagerie — menacing, delightful — entrenches itself on the stage of Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

From New York Times

A boyhood interest in becoming a naturalist was indulged by his father, who permitted Roger to keep a menagerie of reptiles, amphibians and birds in their Manhattan apartment.

From Los Angeles Times

But this odd “Rescue Rangers” menagerie is surprising and eclectic, with some niche nods and deep-cut references, which is fitting given the conspicuous insignificance of the material and its heroes.

From New York Times

The archaic placentals, therefore, seem to be a diverse menagerie, some of which formed their own idiosyncratic subgroups and others the ancestral stock from which today’s placentals arose.

From Scientific American