bestiary
/ˈbɛstɪəri
/noun (plural bestiaries)
A descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various kinds of animal, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone.They typically demand some bizarre chimera: a part goat, part rooster sort of monster appropriate to a medieval bestiary or science fiction....
- Reminded me of reading in a medieval bestiary how lions would rescue people, and feeling rather superior as I read it.
- Long-faced, often sporting four horns, it resembles a creature in a medieval bestiary.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bestia 'beast'.
Rhymes
- montmorillonite
- montmorillonite group
- montmorillonitic
- montmorillonoid
- montology
- Montonero
- Montparnasse
- Montpelier
- Montpelier maple
- Montpellier
- Montpellier butter
- Montpellier green
- Montpellier maple
- Montpellier snake
- Montpellier yellow
- Montrachet
- montre
- Montreal
- Montrealer
- Montreal Protocol
- Montreux
- montroseite
- Montrose, James Graham
- montroydite
- Montserrat