bestiary
noun/ˈbestɪəri/
/ˈbestʃieri/
(plural bestiaries)
- a collection of descriptions of, or stories about, various types of animal, especially one written in the Middle AgesWord Originmid 19th cent.: from medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bestia ‘beast’.
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