MENAGERIE  , a collection of

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