zoo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /zʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- (US) audio
- /zuː/
Etymology
Clipping of zoological garden or zoological park, now the usual form. See zoology. * Sense 5 is a clipping of zoophile or zoophilia.
Meanings
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(countable) A park where live animals are exhibited.
The London Zoo was built in 1828.
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023, page 32:
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(countable, figuratively, informal) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.
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(countable, figuratively, informal) A large and varied collection of something.
After his insightful book The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Spoto published The Dark Side of Genius, a portrayal of the elderly director as a lonely man who was a veritable zoo of desires, suspicions, fears, and addictions (food, drink, romantic infatuation, and filmmaking).
1993, Neil P. Hurley, Soul in Suspense: Hitchcock's Fright and Delight, page xii:From this point on, an entire zoo of possibilities arose: strange stars, different families of neutron stars, hybrid stars, etc.
2001, Antonino Zichichi, Theory and Experiment Heading for New Physics:But powerful as the quark model and the electroweak theory were in describing the zoo of subatomic particles, this still left a huge gap.
2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
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(US, countable, slang) The jungle.
I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.
2013 August 12, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, “My Vietnam War”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), →ISBN, page 152:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal) Clipping of zoophile.
alt of zoophile
Bestiality or zoophilia—whatever we decide to call it—is one of the most pressing issues for all domesticated animals, […] From the scanty research available, the following picture emerges: the majority of zoos are male, though certainly not all; […]
2016, Jessica Pierce, Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets, page 129:Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation.
2013, Mark Hawthorne, Bleating Hearts: The Hidden World of Animal Suffering:
- (broadly, informal, uncountable) Clipping of zoophile. ▸ Pornographic material depicting actual animals or bestiality.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
zoo format · like feeding time at the zoo · zoothanize · interzoo · zooless · zoo blot · zoofari · zoopark · zoogoer · petting zoo · who's who in the zoo · particle zoo · goo to you by way of the zoo · safari zoo · zookeeping · minizoo · zookeeper · human zoo · zooplasty · zoo plane · morning zoo · zoo break · zoopraxiscope · antizoo · zooful · zoogoing · zoo animal · zoothanasia · megazoo
Relateds
zoology · zoologist · zoo- · zooish · zoolike · zooey
Translations (153)
pdt Tiabood (park where live animals are exhibited) · fi eläintarha (park where live animals are exhibited) · ky ажайыпкана (park where live animals are exhibited) · te జంతుప్రదర్శనశాల (park where live animals are exhibited) · bn চিড়িয়াখানা (park where live animals are exhibited) · wa zô (park where live animals are exhibited) · ru звери́нец (park where live animals are exhibited) · vi vườn thú (park where live animals are exhibited) · nl dierentuin (park where live animals are exhibited) · de Tiergarten (park where live animals are exhibited) · cs zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · dng есынйүан (park where live animals are exhibited) · uz hayvonot bogʻi (park where live animals are exhibited) · fa-ira باغِ وَحْش (park where live animals are exhibited) · lt zoologijos sodas (park where live animals are exhibited) · vi sở thú (park where live animals are exhibited) · am መካነ አራዊት (park where live animals are exhibited) · chr ᏧᎾᏓᎴᎸᏓᏧᏂᏙᏗ (park where live animals are exhibited) · arz جنينة الحيوانات (park where live animals are exhibited) · de Tierpark (park where live animals are exhibited) · de Zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · gl zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · grc θηριοτροφεῖον (park where live animals are exhibited) · sh zverinjak (park where live animals are exhibited) · yue 動物園 /动物园 (park where live animals are exhibited) · sh zoòloškī vȑt (park where live animals are exhibited) · pt jardim zoológico (park where live animals are exhibited) · da zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · gl zoolóxico (park where live animals are exhibited) · es jardín zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · gl parque zoolóxico (park where live animals are exhibited) · th สวนสัตว์ (park where live animals are exhibited) · ka ზოოპარკი (park where live animals are exhibited) · mt żu (park where live animals are exhibited) · it zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · he גַּן חַיּוֹת (park where live animals are exhibited) · ja 動物園 (park where live animals are exhibited) · hy կենդանաբանական այգի (park where live animals are exhibited) · fr zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · be заалагі́чны парк (park where live animals are exhibited) · as চিৰিয়াখানা (park where live animals are exhibited) · io animalparko (park where live animals are exhibited) · ko 동물원 (park where live animals are exhibited) · eo bestoĝardeno (park where live animals are exhibited) · hi पशु-वाटिका (park where live animals are exhibited) · sh зоо̀лошкӣ вр̏т (park where live animals are exhibited) · id bonbin (park where live animals are exhibited) · smn elleekärdi (park where live animals are exhibited) · ms taman haiwan (park where live animals are exhibited) · kmr baxçeyê heywanan (park where live animals are exhibited) · ga zú (park where live animals are exhibited) · ta விலங்குக் காட்சி சாலை (park where live animals are exhibited) · hi चिड़ियाघर (park where live animals are exhibited) · ast zoolóxicu (park where live animals are exhibited) · ar حَدِيقَة حَيَوَان (park where live animals are exhibited) · aii ܓܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (park where live animals are exhibited) · tg боғи ваҳш (park where live animals are exhibited) · pl zoolog (park where live animals are exhibited) · az zoologiya parkı (park where live animals are exhibited) · uk зоопа́рк (park where live animals are exhibited) · id kebun binatang (park where live animals are exhibited) · vi thảo cầm viên (park where live animals are exhibited) · km សួនសត្វ (park where live animals are exhibited) · ms kebun binatang (park where live animals are exhibited) · sw bustani ya wanyama (park where live animals are exhibited) · cmn 動物園 /动物园 (park where live animals are exhibited) · cs zoologická zahrada (park where live animals are exhibited) · tg боғи ҳайвонот (park where live animals are exhibited) · bg зоопа́рк (park where live animals are exhibited) · shn သူၼ်သတ်း (park where live animals are exhibited) · sv djurpark (park where live animals are exhibited) · my တိရစ္ဆာန်ဥယျာဉ် (park where live animals are exhibited) · wa djårdén d' aclimataedje (park where live animals are exhibited) · nl zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · da zoologisk have (park where live animals are exhibited) · sk zoologická záhrada (park where live animals are exhibited) · ru зоопа́рк (park where live animals are exhibited) · mn амьтны хүрээлэн (park where live animals are exhibited) · eo zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · nan-hbl 動物園 /动物园 (park where live animals are exhibited) · tr hayvanat bahçesi (park where live animals are exhibited) · myv ракшапире (park where live animals are exhibited) · sk zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · io zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · kk хайуанатхана (park where live animals are exhibited) · pt zoológico (park where live animals are exhibited) · sv zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · yi זאָאָלאָגישער גאָרטן (park where live animals are exhibited) · el ζωολογικός κήπος (park where live animals are exhibited) · pdt Tiagoaden (park where live animals are exhibited) · pl ogród zoologiczny (park where live animals are exhibited) · ta உயிரியல் பூங்கா (park where live animals are exhibited) · lv zooloģiskais dārzs (park where live animals are exhibited) · km ឧទ្យានសត្វ (park where live animals are exhibited) · io menajerio (park where live animals are exhibited) · wa djårdén zolodjike (park where live animals are exhibited) · yi זאָאָפּאַרק (park where live animals are exhibited) · kk хайуанаттар бағы (park where live animals are exhibited) · bg зоологи́ческа гради́на (park where live animals are exhibited) · ug ھايۋانات باغچىسى (park where live animals are exhibited) · ro grădină zoologică (park where live animals are exhibited) · sq kopësht zoologjik (park where live animals are exhibited) · hi जीवादि वाटिका (park where live animals are exhibited) · ca zoològic (park where live animals are exhibited) · tk haýwanat bagy (park where live animals are exhibited) · ur چِڑْیا خانَہ (park where live animals are exhibited) · be заапа́рк (park where live animals are exhibited) · ga gairdín ainmhithe (park where live animals are exhibited) · tl hayupan (park where live animals are exhibited) · ro parc zoologic (park where live animals are exhibited) · sh зверињак (park where live animals are exhibited) · ro zooparc (park where live animals are exhibited) · sip གཅན་གཟན་ཁང (park where live animals are exhibited) · la vīvārium (park where live animals are exhibited) · ps ژوبڼ (park where live animals are exhibited) · pl zwierzyniec (park where live animals are exhibited) · kw milva (park where live animals are exhibited) · bho चिड़ियाघर (park where live animals are exhibited) · ru зооса́д (park where live animals are exhibited) · af dieretuin (park where live animals are exhibited) · ar حَدِيقَة الْحَيَوَان (park where live animals are exhibited) · sl živalski vrt (park where live animals are exhibited) · mel zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · hy գազանանոց (park where live animals are exhibited) · lo ສວນສັດ (park where live animals are exhibited) · lv zoodārzs (park where live animals are exhibited) · hi चिड़ियाख़ाना (park where live animals are exhibited) · is dýragarður (park where live animals are exhibited) · uz hayvonot bogʻlari (park where live animals are exhibited) · mk зоолошка градина (park where live animals are exhibited) · grc ζωγρεῖον (park where live animals are exhibited) · ro zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · dtp zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · hu állatkert (park where live animals are exhibited) · ru зоологи́ческий сад (park where live animals are exhibited) · my တိရစ္ဆာန်ရုံ (park where live animals are exhibited) · es zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · qu k'ita uywap wasin (park where live animals are exhibited) · nn dyrehage (park where live animals are exhibited) · eo zoologia ĝardeno (park where live animals are exhibited) · ky аң бакчасы (park where live animals are exhibited) · ur چِڑْیا گَھر (park where live animals are exhibited) · pt zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · et loomaaed (park where live animals are exhibited) · or ଚିଡିଆଖାନ (park where live animals are exhibited) · nb dyrehage (park where live animals are exhibited) · pl zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · es zoológico (park where live animals are exhibited) · cy sw (park where live animals are exhibited) · yi זאָאָגאָרטן (park where live animals are exhibited) · he גן זואולוגי (park where live animals are exhibited) · ms zoo (park where live animals are exhibited) · cy milodfa (park where live animals are exhibited)