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zookeeper

/ˈzuːkipɚ/

zookeeper noun: a person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

Noun

zookeeper (plural zookeepers)

  1. A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

zookeeper meaning in Tamil

zookeeper in Tamil

விலங்கியல் பூங்கா காப்பாளர்

Forms of zookeeper

pluralzookeepers
alternative formzoo-keeper

Origin of zookeeper

From zoo + keeper.

Questions about zookeeper

What does zookeeper mean?
Zookeeper means a person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
What is zookeeper in Tamil?
Zookeeper in Tamil is விலங்கியல் பூங்கா காப்பாளர். See Zookeeper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zookeeper?
Zookeeper is a noun.
How do you pronounce zookeeper?
Zookeeper is pronounced /ˈzuːkipɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of zookeeper?
The plural of zookeeper is zookeepers.

Words near zookeeper in the dictionary

  1. zooiest
  2. zooish
  3. zook
  4. zooked
  5. zookeep
  6. zookeeper
  7. zookeepers
  8. zookeeping
  9. zookeeps
  10. zookers
  11. zooking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zookeeper (page history and authors); zookeeper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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