— bestiarist /bes"chee euhr ist, -cheuhr-, bees"-/ , n.
/bes"chee er'ee, bees"-/ , n. , pl. bestiaries .
a collection of moralized fables, esp. as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.
[ 1615-25; bestiarium, neut. of L bestiarius. See BEAST, -ARY ]