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bestiarist

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bes⋅ti⋅ar⋅y

  [bes-chee-er-ee, bees-]
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–noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
a collection of moralized fables, esp. as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.
Origin:
1615–25; < ML bēstiārium, neut. of L bēstiārius. See beast, -ary

Related forms:
bes⋅ti⋅a⋅rist  [bes-chee-er-ist, -cher-, bees-] , noun
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