About The Word Bestiary
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Bestiary
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What's The Definition Of Bestiary?
[n] a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bestiary: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bestiary: See Also | book Bestiary In Webster's Dictionary \Bes"ti*a*ry\, n. [LL. bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius
pert. to beasts, fr. bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire.]
A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or
allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages.
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous
medi[ae]val renderings of the fantastic mystical
zo["o]logy. --Saintsbury.
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