menagerie
noun/məˈnædʒəri/
/məˈnædʒəri/
- a collection of wild animals kept in cages, etc. for people to seeWord Originlate 17th cent.: from French ménagerie, from ménage, from Old French menage, from mainer ‘to stay’, influenced by Old French mesnie ‘household’, both ultimately based on Latin manere ‘remain’.
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