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BESTIARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bestiary mean?
• BESTIARY (noun)
The noun BESTIARY has 1 sense:
1. a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
Familiarity information: BESTIARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bestiary" is a kind of...):
book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))
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