mə̇ˈnaj(ə)rē, -ri also -azh- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French ménagerie, from Middle French menagerie management of a household or a farm, place where animals are tended, from menage household + -erie -ery
1.
a. : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
b. : a collection of wild or foreign animals in cages or enclosures ; especially : one kept for exhibition (as with a circus)
c. obsolete : aviary
2. : a varied group or collection of persons or things that are strange, odd, or startling or foreign to one's experience
a wonderful menagerie of royal hangers-on — V.S.Pritchett