menagerie
Definitions of menagerie
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the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibitionsynonyms: dierenpark, dierentuin, diergaarde, zoo
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a collection of live animals for study or display
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Life of Pi
When a violent storm sinks the ship carrying his family from India to North America, Pi is trapped alone in a lifeboat with an orangutan, a hyena, a zebra, and a man-eating tiger named Richard Parker.