From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Leisurezoozoo /zuΛ/ βββS3 noun (plural zoos) [countable]DLHBAa place, usually in a city, where animals of many kinds are kept so that people can go to look at them β wildlife parkExamples from the Corpuszooβ’ There are four main aims of a zoo.β’ These do seem to admit of answers in terms of the working criteria of veterinarians, farm and abattoirinspectors and zoomanagers.β’ At first, it all looked to me like a humanzoo.β’ The directors and actors had spent months in zoos recording the noises made by apes in emotional situations.β’ The grocerystore was a real zootoday.β’ So there are these three visually challenged yuppies at the zoo, checking out their first elephant.β’ Thursday, the zoo began construction of an Avian ConservationCenter.β’ C., which presented this one, a male, as a gift to the zoo and park.β’ Some people buy rare or difficult to keep animals as pets and donate them to zoos.Originzoo(1800-1900)zoological garden
