zoological garden

noun

1. zoo ( def 1 ).

zoological garden

noun

1. the formal term for zoo

Word History and Origins

Origin of zoological garden¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

It was a magnificent bald eagle—the first I had ever seen outside of a zoological garden.

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To Jack and Fred he seemed fully four times the size of the largest black bear they had ever seen in any zoological garden.

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Aristotle instituted the first zoological garden that history mentions, barring that of Noah.

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It is, indeed, a vast zoological garden, where such formalities as hunting licenses are still unknown.

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The time seems approaching when the horse will cease to be seen in our streets, and may be relegated to the zoological garden.

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