megazoo

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ zoo.

Noun

megazoo (plural megazoos)

1. A very large zoo.
   • 1983, Alan Howard Brush, George Alfred Clark, Perspectives in Ornithology, page 32:

     […] some nature reserves will inevitably become megazoos or zooparks.

   • 1993, J. S. Hutchinson, Controlling Reproduction, page 6:

     It may be necessary to reorganize some species of animals into new populations, some in captivity, some in the wild, with the animals being managed as a whole as a megazoo.

   • 2001, Vernon N. Kisling, Zoo and Aquarium History:

     Zoos are returning to the integrated, environmental animal parks of ancient Mesopotamia, but in a more sophisticated manner. And at the same time, wild nature itself is becoming a megazoo — just a different kind of captivity.