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zoo

[zoo] / zu /
NOUN
parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition
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NOUN
crowded, wild, and chaotic place
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He said the babies would stay at the zoo for a number of years and "learn from mum and dad how to be a lemur."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

One of three Bangkok studios the “Alien: Earth” production occupied housed the zoo, mess hall and engineering room sets and their interconnecting corridors on a single stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

But when you ran a zoo, “zoo things” were going to happen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Head zoo keeper Lizzy Humphries is in charge of caring for the 100 animals at the zoo, and gives me a tour of their conservation successes.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

She also wrote a reminder to think about why there weren't very many people at the petting zoo on such a beautiful spring day.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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