ZOO


Meaning of ZOO in English

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. Bronx Zoo and San Diego Zoo ).

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