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  1. A park where live animals are exhibited.
  2. Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
    The shopping center was a zoo the week before Christmas.

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The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals.

The abbreviation zoo was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which was opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1847. In the United States alone, zoos are visited by over 181 million people annually.

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