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MENAGERIE , a collection of See also:wild animals kept for show or See also:exhibition . The word is particularly applied to travelling exhibitions of wild animals, attached to a See also:circus or other show, " zoological gardens "(q.v.) being the See also:term generally applied to large stationary and permanent exhibitions, arranged on a scientific See also:system . The See also:French menagerie (from See also:menage, O . Fr. mesnage, See also:Lat. mansionaticum, mansio, See also:house, cf . " See also:manage ") originally meant the See also:administration of a See also:household or See also:farm, with See also:special reference to the live stock . |
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