bes·ti·ary /ˈbɛsʧiˌɛri, ˈbɛʃ, ˈbis, ˈbiʃ-/
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Bes·ti·a·ry n. A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages.
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous mediæval renderings of the fantastic mystical Zoology. --Saintsbury.
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bestiary
n : a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and
amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals