menagerie

noun4

1. •
   A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
2. •
   A diverse or miscellaneous group.

   • [Brigitte] Bardot, the stunning, desirable beauty who once stood for sexual freedom for women, spent the latter part of her life at her home near Saint Tropez with her husband and a menagerie of pets. — 2025
3. •
   The enclosure where they are kept.

   • In Sacramento a crazed woman opened the cages of a circus menagerie for fear the animals might starve to death, and had been mauled by a lioness. — 1949
4. •
   (slang, no longer used) The orchestra of a theatre.