animal park

noun

1. a zoo in which wild animals are housed and displayed in large open spaces designed to resemble their native habitats.

Word History and Origins

Origin of animal park¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, sites that closed due to the weather included Wildwood animal park in Ottery St Mary, and the Minack Theatre in Penzance.

From BBC

“Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal,” park rangers said.

From Seattle Times

The post said Gen-chan first arrived at their zoo from the Africam Safari animal park in Mexico when she was just five-years-old, and was declared as a male.

From BBC

Leesburg Animal Park in Northern Virginia has seen strong business at its Pumpkin Village festival this autumn.

From New York Times

Meyer, who in 2021 self-published a children’s book about coding, “Kota and the Animal Park,” grew up in Southern California and first lived in Seattle in the summer of 2021 as an intern for Amazon.

From Seattle Times