Thesaurus: bestiary

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1. n. a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
2. 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 mediæval renderings of the fantastic mystical zoölogy. Saintsbury.
3. A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing orallegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages.
4. n:100 n. a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals