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.]