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bestiary
(encz) | bestiary,bestiář n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bestiary
(gcide) | 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
Zoology. --Saintsbury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
bestiary
(wn) | bestiary
n 1: a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and
amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals |
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Bestiary
(gcide) | 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
Zoology. --Saintsbury.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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