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==Origin==
==Origin==
French ''ménagerie'', from Middle French, [[management]] of a household or [[farm]], from ''menage''
French ''ménagerie'', from Middle French, [[management]] of a household or [[farm]], from ''menage''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1676]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1676]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1a : a place where [[animals]] are kept and [[trained]] especially for [[exhibition]]
*1a : a place where [[animals]] are kept and [[trained]] especially for [[exhibition]]
*2: a varied mixture <a menagerie of comedians
*2: a varied mixture <a menagerie of comedians
==Description==
==Description==
A '''menagerie''' is/was a form of keeping common and exotic [[animals]] in captivity that preceded the modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological_garden zoological garden]. The term was first used in seventeenth century France in [[reference]] to the [[management]] of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be used primarily in reference to [[aristocratic]] or [[royal]] animal collections. The French-language "Methodical Encyclopaedia" of 1782 defines a menagerie as an "establishment of [[luxury]] and [[curiosity]]." Later on, the term referred also to traveling animal collections that exhibited wild animals at fairs across Europe and the Americas.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie]
A '''menagerie''' is/was a form of keeping common and exotic [[animals]] in captivity that preceded the modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoological_garden zoological garden]. The term was first used in seventeenth century France in [[reference]] to the [[management]] of household or domestic stock. Later, it came to be used primarily in reference to [[aristocratic]] or [[royal]] animal collections. The French-language "Methodical Encyclopaedia" of 1782 defines a menagerie as an "establishment of [[luxury]] and [[curiosity]]." Later on, the term referred also to traveling animal collections that exhibited wild animals at fairs across Europe and the Americas.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie]
[[Category: Zoology]]
[[Category: Zoology]]