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menagerie

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noun/məˈnæd͡ʒəɹɪ//mɪˈnæʒəɹɪ//məˈnæd͡ʒəɹi/
  1. 1

    A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.

  2. 2

    The enclosure where they are kept.

    • In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
  3. 3

    A diverse or miscellaneous group.

    • [Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets.
  4. 4

    The orchestra of a theatre.obsoleteslang

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