BESTIARY
\bˈɛsʃjəɹɪ], \bˈɛsʃjəɹɪ], \b_ˈɛ_s_ʃ_j_ə_ɹ_ɪ]\
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a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
By Princeton University
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a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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best'i-ar-i, n. the name given to a class of books of great popularity in the Middle Ages, describing all the animals of creation, real or fabled, generally illustrated by drawings, and allegorised for edification. [Low L. bestiarium, a menagerie.]
By Thomas Davidson
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).