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megazoo en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- + zoo.

Meanings

1. A very large zoo.
   • […] some nature reserves will inevitably become megazoos or zooparks. 1983, Alan Howard Brush, George Alfred Clark, Perspectives in Ornithology, page 32:
   • It may be necessary to reorganize some species of animals into new populations, some in captivity, some in the wild, with the animals being managed as a whole as a megazoo. 1993, J. S. Hutchinson, Controlling Reproduction, page 6:
   • Zoos are returning to the integrated, environmental animal parks of ancient Mesopotamia, but in a more sophisticated manner. And at the same time, wild nature itself is becoming a megazoo — just a different kind of captivity. 2001, Vernon N. Kisling, Zoo and Aquarium History:

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