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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bestiary /ˈbɛstɪəri/

▶noun (pl. bestiaries) a treatise on animals, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone.

– origin C19: from med. L. bestiarium, from L. bestia ‘beast’.

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