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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 animalsplay

  Familiarity information: BESTIARY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BESTIARY (noun)


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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