zoological park

noun

: zoo sense 1

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The park began in 1890 as a zoological park, with P.T. Barnum among the opening day guests, the park said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Elk Grove is just a few steps away from actualizing a new, state-of-the-art zoological park in south Sacramento County, and city leaders could decide within a matter of weeks whether to move forward with relocating the Sacramento Zoo. — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024 Her first baby, Taavi, had to be hand raised by the staff at the Metro Richmond Zoo, Virginia's largest zoological park. — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023 Its founders initially intended it to be an underwater restaurant, before expanding it into a marine zoological park. — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 27 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for zoological park

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First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of zoological park was in 1842

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