bestiary

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A medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals
a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
{i} allegorical work on animal habits
one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages
bestiaries an old book about strange animals, written in the Middle Ages. Medieval European work in verse or prose, often illustrated, consisting of a collection of stories, each based on a description of certain qualities of the subject, usually an animal or a plant. The stories were allegories, used for moral and religious instruction and admonition. They ultimately were derived from the Greek Physiologus, a text compiled by an unknown author before the mid 2nd century AD. Many traditional attributes of real or mythical creatures derive from bestiaries, such as the phoenix's burning itself to be born again and the parental love of the pelican, which, believed to feed its young by gashing its own breast, became a symbol of Christ
A treatise on beasts; esp
bestiaries
plural of bestiary
bestiary

    Hyphenation

    bes·ti·a·ry

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    Etymology

    () From French bestiaire, from Latin bēstia (“beast, animal”).
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