noun
an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑federal agency, ↑government agency, ↑bureau, ↑office, ↑authority
• Part Holonyms: ↑Department of the Interior, ↑Interior Department, ↑Interior, ↑DoI
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U.S. Govt.
a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1916, that administers national parks, monuments, historic sites, and recreational areas.
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National Park Service [National Park Service]
the US government organization in charge of the National Park System. This includes ↑national parks and other types of protected area, including national historical parks, national military parks, national ↑monuments, national ↑memorials, national ↑preserves and national recreation areas. The National Park Service was established in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson and is part of the US Department of the Interior.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.