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zoopark en · NOUN

Etymology

Abbreviation of zoological park, equivalent to zoo- + park.

Meanings

1. A zoological park.
   • In the future, as human populations shift, grow, and further crowd nature reserve borders, zoological gardenlike park accessories may make sense. Such zooparks could act not only to sustain critically small animal populations[…] 1983, Alan H. Brush; George A. Clark, Jr., Perspectives in Ornithology, page 32:
   • The disease has been noted in reindeer in a zoopark as well (Nichols et al., 1986). 1992, Roy Claude Anderson, Nematode parasites of vertebrates: their development and transmission:
   • I believe we will see an increasing need for these sorts of techniques in the coming decades as the biosphere undergoes the final change from unmanaged wilderness ecosystems to managed nature preserves, megazoos, and zooparks[…] 1988, Edward O. Wilson, Frances M. Peter, Biodiversity, page 286:

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