bestiary

英 ['bestɪərɪ] 美 ['bɛstɪɛri]

bestiary (n.): "medieval treatise on beasts" usually with moralistic overtones, 1818, from Medieval Latin bestiarium "a menagerie," also "a book about animals", from bestia (see beast). A Latin term for such works was liber de bestiis compositus. Roman bestiarius meant "a fighter against beasts in the public entertainments."

1. The animals listed in this bestiary range from the mundane to the fantastic.: 这个动物寓言集中列举了各种普通的和奇妙的动物.