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zoo

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noun

ˈzü How to pronounce zoo (audio)
plural zoos
1
: a facility with usually indoor and outdoor settings where living, typically wild animals are kept especially for public exhibition

called also zoological garden, zoological park

2
: a place, situation, or group marked by crowding, confusion, or unrestrained behavior
The convention was a zoo.

zoo-

2 of 2

combining form

variants or before a vowel zo-
1
: animal : animal kingdom or kind
zooid
zoology
2
: motile
zoospore

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun The sixth grade classroom was a zoo after recess. The supermarket was a real zoo on the night before the storm.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The calf's father was euthanized in 2021 due to chronic health issues, says the zoo. Zoe Sottile, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022 Enjoy a spooktacular time at Houston Zoo Boo October is a big month at the second most visited zoo in the U.S. Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022 Chichi lived at Feldman Ecopark, an outdoor zoo in Kharkiv’s northern suburbs that sits just off the front lines of war. Lyric Li, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Calves have a gestation period of approximately 15 months, the zoo says. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 The zoo has resumed its operations as of Monday afternoon. Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022 That's when the zoo contacted Thera-Paw, a company that makes rehabilitative and assistive products for animals with special needs. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 1 Sep. 2022 The zoo expects the female giraffe (unnamed for now) to be on view with mother Sabra full time going forward. Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 The status of the zoo was uncertain as Johnson announced with a rap of the gavel that the sale had been made to the state. San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

short for zoological garden

Combining form

borrowed from Greek zōo-, zōio-, combining form from zôion "animal," derivative from the base of zṓō, zṓein (Homeric), zô, zên (Attic) "to be alive, live," going back to Indo-European *gwi̯éh3-(u)- "live" (whence also Tocharian B śāyau "[I] live"), full grade of a stem attested elsewhere with zero grade as *gwih3-u-, whence Latin vīvō, vīvere "to live," Old Church Slavic živǫ, žiti, Old Prussian giwa "(s/he) lives," Latvian dzīvu "(I) live," Sanskrit jīvati "(s/he) lives," Avestan juuaiti

Note: See also bio-, quick entry 1.

First Known Use

Noun

1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of zoo was in 1835

Phrases Containing zoo

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