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Plural of zoo

regular plural

The plural of zoo is zoos.

Forms of zoo

Singularzoo /zuː/
Pluralzoos
Countablecountable and uncountable

Zoos in a sentence

  • Were the government to ban zoos, it would put breeding programs at risk.From the entry be to
  • "I am not in any way suggesting that zoos ought to veganize carnivores in their care."2015, Lisa Kemmerer, editor, Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground. From the entry veganize
  • The red panda's history in zoos begins some 40 years after its discovery.2011, Angela R. Glatston, “Introduction”, in Angela R. Glatston, editor, Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, London…. From the entry panda
  • But what about red, blue, and green quarks and particle zoos containing "wild beasts"?1993, Mary Atwater [et al.], “Unit Introduction: Changes in Matter”, in Changes in Matter, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School…. From the entry particle zoo
  • Both these safari zoos are open all the year round and every day.1981, Richard Moore, Fodor's Holland, 1981, page 236. From the entry safari zoo

Meaning of zoo

  1. noun A park where live animals are exhibited.
  2. noun Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
  3. noun A large and varied collection of something.

Full definition of zoo

Questions about the plural of zoo

What is the plural of zoo?
The plural of zoo is zoos.
Is zoo countable?
Zoo is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoo (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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