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Bestiary

Bestiary Meaning & Definition
Bestiary Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bestiary?

[n] a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals

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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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