bestiary
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tʃiˌɛr noun, plural bes·ti·ar·ies.
a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.
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| —n , pl -aries | |
| a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals | |
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Bestiary
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Word Origin & History
bestiary
"medieval treatise on beasts (usually with moralistic overtones)," 1834, from M.L. bestiarium, from bestia (see beast). A Latin term for such works was liber de bestiis compositus.
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Example sentences
For they are now seen to be an integral part of the universal bestiary-as significant in their way as stars, planets and galaxies.
The bestiary you face as you progress through the game is varied.
From any scientific point of view, this was bestiary turf.
Now comes a report of a possible new member of the cosmic bestiary: the quark star.
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