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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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Rodents and goats may not be so exciting as tigers and pandas - but this zoo wants to raise their profile.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

They stepped in when changes to animal welfare legislation and budget cuts at Wandsworth Council threatened to close the zoo in 2003.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

“From A to Z, from animal services to the zoo, the city is shabbier and more dysfunctional than it was three years ago,” said Cole, now a member of the Pasadena City Council.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Simba Safari’s three adult females, originally from another zoo, were more aloof, though one came close for a while.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

She’d never really liked the old zoo, but it had been the only real home she’d ever known.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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