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Meanings of menagerie in English

Portuguese
zoológico
Catalan
parc zoològic
Spanish
jardín zoológico
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Area in which animals, especially wild animals, are kept so that people can go and look at them, or study them.

        zoológico
        Usage of menagerie in English
        1
        We leave the glass house and make our way to the menagerie.
        Origin
        2
        The dust rolled in clouds over the gaudy wagons of the menagerie.
        The Ape, the Idiot & Other People
        3
        Another year, another menagerie of devices that inexplicably connect to the internet.
        Wired
        4
        In 1842, it was the headquarters of a menagerie, pure and simple.
        Greenwich Village
        5
        A menagerie indeed, except Kip was in the cage with the animals.
        The black prism
        6
        In the flank, the brown team and Lakota, the menagerie following behind.
        Land of the Burnt Thigh
        7
        For a few moments the most profound silence reigned in the menagerie.
        The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
        8
        Shopfront: The 1920s feel is what makes this menagerie pattern so great.
        The Irish Times
        9
        As you know, things have been going rather well with the menagerie.
        The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
        10
        We visited the dock markets, a traveling menagerie, and several curiosity cabinets.
        The Wise Man’s Fear
        11
        The director was explaining to the people the wonders of his menagerie.
        Pinocchio in Africa
        12
        Then he repeated all that had taken place in the menagerie tent.
        The Rose in the Ring
        13
        The Government of the new Territory of Nevada was an interesting menagerie.
        Chapters from My Autobiography
        14
        He carried Ann to the nursery, and set out for the menagerie.
        A Rough Shaking
        15
        You know that a snake is a queer proposition in a menagerie.
        Side Show Studies
        16
        He had gradually got together quite a little menagerie of pet names.
        Laughter in the dark
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