FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Zoological garden' (1 record(s))
RECORD 1
RECORD No. | 80 |
AUTHOR | ELAD D. F. |
DATE OF CREATION | |
LAST UPDATE | 2022-12-07 00:00:00 |
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TERM | * Zoological garden statut: préféré ; * zoo (noun) statut: admis ; * zoological park (noun) statut: admis ; * game reserve (noun) statut: admis | ||||
PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||
PLURAL | Zoological gardens ; | ||||
ETYMOLOGY | Zoo: mid 19th cent.: abbreviation of zoological garden, originally applied specifically to that of Regent's Park, London. | ||||
ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | ||||
DEFINITION |
a well-managed garden (place) where a collection of wild animals from around the world are kept for public showing or breeding purposes. | ||||
DEFINITION SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). | ||||
USAGE EXAMPLE | London Zoo was the first scientific zoological garden in the modern world. (Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)); The first large aviary inside a zoological garden was established in 1880 in the setting of the Rotterdam Zoo.; Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations, article 17, paragraph 4 : " (4) The services in charge of forestry, wildlife and fisheries may, in order to preserve the diversity of the biological resources, initial or participate in setting up ex situ unit such as genetic resources banks, botanical and zoological gardens, arboreal, seed orchards or nurseries. (5) To this end, the services concerned shall fix the conditions for taxing, treating, preserving and multiplying genes and specimens taken from the natural environment. " |