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    [Noun]  | "bes*ti*ary" | \ ˈbes-chē-ˌer-ē \


    1: a medieval allegorical or moralizing work on the appearance and habits of real or imaginary animals

    2: a collection of descriptions or representations of real or imaginary animals

    3: an array of real humans or literary characters often having symbolic significance


    Origin: 1817 ;

     Medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin, neuter of bestiarius of beasts, from bestia;

    [Noun]  | "bestiary" 


    1: as in beast fable;


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     [ "bestiary" ]

    1: Either a medieval compendium of animals, sometimes assigning a moral lesson to each or, in other contexts, the general study of animals in a medieval setting.

      * e.g.,  ... "He was a master bestiarist, that is to say he was an expert in the field of bestiary." 

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