Menagerie
WordNet
noun
(1) The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
(2) A collection of live animals for study or display
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , derived from , . Housekeeping used to include taking care of domestic animals.
Noun
- A collection of live wild animals on exhibition; the enclosure where they are kept
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides
- In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus managerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness.
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides
- A diverse or miscellaneous group