Found 2 items, similar to Bestiary.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bestiary
bestiary
n : a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and
amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bestiary
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.
[1913 Webster]
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous
medi[ae]val renderings of the fantastic mystical
zo["o]logy. --Saintsbury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]