menagerie
noun/məˈnædʒəri/
Frequency rank: #15,033 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a collection of wild or unusual animals kept in captivity, often for exhibition.
Example sentence
The traveling circus brought its own menagerie of exotic animals that amazed everyone in the small town.
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