menagerie

Day 27Level 3

muh-NAJ-uh-ree

collection of animals

collection of wild animals

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

zoo

Example Sentence:

In early days in the circus the menagerie of trained tigers, elephants and other exotic animals were the main draw for audiences.

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