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Bestiary

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Noun

1. bestiary

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bestiary

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noun plural -aries
a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals

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Bestiary

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbestiˌaries
a type of medieval natural history book with descriptions and moralistic and religious interpretations of actual and mythical animals

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bestiary

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n. pl. bes·ti·ar·ies
A book consisting of a collection of descriptions of real and fabulous animals, often including a moral or allegorical interpretation of each animal's behavior. Bestiaries were particularly popular in medieval Europe.

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