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n. A medieval collection of stories providing physical and allegorical descriptions of real or imaginary animals along with an interpretation of the moral significance each animal was thought to embody. A number of common misconceptions relating to natural history were preserved in these popular accounts.

n. A modern version of such a collection.

n. A medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.

n. A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages.

n. A fighter with wild beasts in the ancient Roman amphitheater.

n. A name formerly sometimes given to a book treating of animals.

n. a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals

"And according to Medieval Folklore, an early Syrian [bestiary] is quite explicit: The unicorn approaches the virgin, 'throwing himself upon her."

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beast    bestial   

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