BESTIARY - Definition

Pronunciation:		'beschee`eree
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals

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	See Also:	book

Products Dictionary

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Bes"tiary\, 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.