zoo

Definition of zoo in English English dictionary: Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic
The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.; A park where live animals are exhibited; means any park, building, cage, enclosure, or other structure or premise in which a live animal or animals are kept for public exhibition or viewing, regardless of compensation; the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition; A place devised for animals to study the habits of human beings Oliver Herford; A popular archive format available for most systems, including a Unix Version; pref. animal life; animal; zou; A zoo is a park where live animals are kept so that people can look at them. He took his son Christopher to the zoo. the penguin pool at London Zoo. zoos a place, usually in a city, where animals of many kinds are kept so that people can go to look at them wildlife park. or zoological garden Place where wild and sometimes domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. Aquatic zoological gardens are called aquariums. The first zoos were perhaps associated with domestication. Pigeons were kept in captivity as early as 4500 BC; other animals (e.g., elephants and antelopes) have also been kept in captivity since antiquity. Animal collections were kept by Charlemagne and other European monarchs. Hernán Cortés described a zoo in Mexico (1519) so large that it required a staff of 300. Modern zookeeping started in 1752 with the founding of the Imperial Menagerie at Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace. Open-range zoos were first established in the early 1930s, some so large that visitors drive through in cars, as on an African safari. There are now more than 1,000 animal collections open to the public throughout the world (e.g., in the U.S., the Bronx Zoo and San Diego Zoo); {i} park or facility where animals are kept and raised for visitors to see and observe, zoological park; (Slang) disorderly and chaotic place; (Computers) group of viruses and worms that exist only in virus and anti-virus laboratories; working area for many computer programmers; What dorms would look like if they were a little neater; links at exZOOberance com includes a virtual zoo, animal photo gallery, animal webcams, zoo links and more Check out Victoria's 3 great zoos ( including Melbourne Zoo), San Diego Zoo and Singapore Open Zoo Have you seen the Audobon Interactive Swamp? For fun, check the animated Interactive Zoo, the Virtual Petting Zoo or Robot Zoo where technology animates larger-than-life creatures as master-planned machines!; suite of viruses used for testing; gorilla
zoo blot: A Southern blot applied to the DNA of more than one species, so as to compare them
zoo blots: plural form of zoo blot
zoo-: zo- + -o-
zoo keeper: the chief person responsible for a zoological garden
zoo-keeper: someone who looks after animals in a zoo
like feeding time at the zoo: Extremely frenetic, disorderly and messy
morning zoo: A morning radio show format with plenty of wackiness and zaniness
petting zoo: A zoo that permits or encourages visitors to touch animals
Bronx Zoo: formally New York Zoological Park Zoo in New York City. It opened in 1899 on 265 acres (107 hectares) in the northwestern area of the Bronx. In 1941 it added the 4-acre (1.6-hectare) African Plains, which features large groups of animals in natural surroundings. The zoo also includes the World of Darkness (the world's first major exhibit of nocturnal animals, added in the 1960s), the World of Birds (a huge, indoor free-flight exhibit), the Rare Animal Range (near-extinct species in natural settings), a Children's Zoo, Wild Asia (Asian mammals and birds), and the Congo Gorilla Forest. Managed by the New York Zoological Society and financed by the society and the city, it supports much research and oversees the Wildlife Survival Center on St. Catherine's Island, Georgia
London Zoo: a large old zoo in north central London, which was established in the early 19th century
San Diego Zoo: World's largest collection of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Cal. , and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40.5-hectare) zoo, founded in 1916, has some 800 animal species and some 6,500 plant species. The 1,800-acre (729-hectare) San Diego Wild Animal Park opened in 1972 some 32 mi (52 km) northeast, in the San Pasqual Valley; there over 250 species of animals roam through Asian, African, and Australian habitats. A research department, the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (1975) has contributed to the zoo's success in managing and breeding endangered species
a zoo: zoological garden
petting zoo: a collection of docile animals for children to pet and feed
petting zoo: A collection of farm animals, such as goats, ducks, and sheep, and sometimes docile wild animals such as turtles or deer, for children to feed and pet. part of a zoo which has animals in it for children to touch
zoos: plural of zoo