Meaning of zootrophion | Babel Free
[zoː.ɔ.trɔˈpʰiː.ɔn]Definitions
menagerie
New-Latin, declension-2
Examples
“Ponamus jam, illud ab eo elevatum 10 cubitos; constabant consequenter reliqua sub tecto triplicis contignationis receptacula 20 cubitorum, competent ex reliquis contignationibus Magazini, & Zootrophii singulis quinque cubitorum altitudines.”
“June 1694, Georg Franck von Franckenau, personal letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz”
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“Publicae litterae testantur in zootrophio, quod prope arcem Principalem Durlaco-Badensem, Carlsruhe, alitur, simiam Indiae orientalis d. XIII. Decembris anni praeteriti enixam esse prolem masculam […]”
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CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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