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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bestiary \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bestiary n : a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
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