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zookeeper

/ˈzuːkipɚ/ noun

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

Word Origin Zookeeper is a hybrid: zoo from Greek zoion 'animal' (short for zoological garden) and keeper from Old English cepan 'to care for.' So it's literally an 'animal caretaker.' The zoo part gives us zoology, zooplankton, and protozoon. The keep part gives us housekeeper, gatekeeper, and bookkeeper. The breakdown zoo+keep+er shows the compound.

noun A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals. countable

The zookeeper carefully fed the lions their morning meal.

(名词) 动物园饲养员

动物园管理员小心翼翼地给狮子们喂了早餐。

(sustantivo) cuidador de zoológico; guarda de zoológico; guardián de zoológico; vigilante de zoológico [Una persona empleada en un zoológico para cuidar a los animales.]

El cuidador del zoológico alimentó cuidadosamente a los leones con su comida matutina.

(nom) gardien de zoo; soigneur; soigneur animalier [Personne employée dans un zoo pour s'occuper des animaux.]

Le gardien de zoo a soigneusement donné aux lions leur repas du matin.

(Substantiv) Tierpfleger; Zoowärter [Eine Person, die in einem Zoo angestellt ist, um sich um die Tiere zu kümmern.]

Der **zookeeper** fütterte die Elefanten mit großer Sorgfalt.

(名詞) 動物園で動物の世話をする人

飼育員が慎重にライオンに朝のエサをやっていた。

(substantivo) tratador de zoológico; guarda de zoológico [Uma pessoa empregada em um zoológico para cuidar dos animais.]

O tratador do zoológico alimentou cuidadosamente os leões com sua refeição matinal.

Synonyms: animal keeper zoo attendant caretaker
Word parts: zoo + keep + er

Related words

zoology zoological zoologist keeper

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