menagerie

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈnædʒəɹɪ/

Noun

menagerie (plural menageries)

1. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept.
   • 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides

     In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.

2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.

Translations

• French: ménagerie
• German: Menagerie
• Italian: serraglio, recinto
• Portuguese: menagerie
• Russian: звери́нец
• Spanish: casa de fieras

Translations

• Russian: сброд

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