Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun With the definite article, the Zoölogical Gardens in London: also used of any similar collection of animals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an
animal , as inzoö genic,zoö logy, etc.
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- prefix
zo- +-o-
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
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In addition, a "zoo- mobile" would bring educational programs to their communities, and the zoo would pay for field trips for their schools.
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