zoopark

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noun

A zoological park.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounzoopark (plural zooparks)

plural zooparks

  1. A zoological park.

    The disease has been noted in reindeer in a zoopark as well (Nichols et al., 1986).

    1992, Roy Claude Anderson, Nematode parasites of vertebrates: their development and transmission
    2 more examples

    In the future, as human populations shift, grow, and further crowd nature reserve borders, zoological gardenlike park accessories may make sense. Such zooparks could act not only to sustain critically small animal populations[…]

    1983, Alan H. Brush; George A. Clark, Jr., Perspectives in Ornithology, page 32

    I believe we will see an increasing need for these sorts of techniques in the coming decades as the biosphere undergoes the final change from unmanaged wilderness ecosystems to managed nature preserves, megazoos, and zooparks[…]

    1988, Edward O. Wilson, Frances M. Peter, Biodiversity, page 286

Origin

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