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Visitors in the early 20th century saw a Spanish Mission-style shelter house with observation towers, a zoological garden with two brown bears and a vineyard, among a bevy of activities.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2022
The resort also doubled as a zoological garden, according to its website, and was home to llamas, zebras, exotic birds and cats.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
The piece does contain some of the familiar stories — such as how Lewis convinced himself of the existence of a loving God while on the back of a motorcycle on the way to a zoological garden.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
Visitors in the early 20th century would have seen a Spanish Mission-style shelter house with observation towers, a zoological garden where two brown bears resided and a vineyard.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2019
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One study found that out of 19 white lion cubs bred at a zoological garden in Italy, four were stillborn and another 13 didn’t survive the first month.
—National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2018
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First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of zoological garden was
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“Zoological garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoological%20garden. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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zoological garden
noun
: zoo
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