Zookeeper


a person who feeds and tends animals in a .
Contemporary Examples

When a tiger attacks a zookeeper, it is “making a noise like a locomotive.”
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  • Zoography

    the branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals. noun the branch of zoology concerned with the description of animals

  • Zoological

    of or relating to . relating to or concerned with animals. Historical Examples He then drove to the zoological gardens and the Regent’s park. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. Various Why are some of the buildings in the zoological Gardens so warm? Where We Live Emilie Van Beil Jacobs She remembered […]

  • Zoolatry

    the worship of or excessive attention to animals. Historical Examples Remnants of the old Semitic zoolatry perpetuated themselves until the end of paganism and even later. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont Clemens Alexandrinus, again, after describing the animal-worship of the Egyptians, mentions cases of zoolatry in Greece. Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. […]

  • Zoological garden

    (def 1). Historical Examples She remembered clearly seeing one of the latter at a zoological garden. Linda Condon Joseph Hergesheimer It adjoins Wade Park, where are a zoological garden and a lake. The Greatest Highway in the World Anonymous He continued to be especially interested in zoology and made liberal contributions to the Dublin zoological […]

  • Zoometry

    measurement of the proportionate lengths or sizes of the parts of animals. noun the branch of zoology concerned with the relative length or size of the different parts of an animal or animals


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