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Bestiary
Bes′ti-a-ry
,Noun.
[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.
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bestiary
bestiary
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Noun
bestiary (plural bestiaries)
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A medieval treatise of animals