bestiary

And if you need help keeping straight your behemoths, bonnacons and other mythical creatures, interior art by Ashley Mackenzie, as well as a bestiary illustrated by Virginia Allyn, serve as helpful guides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The crew, who are near the end of a 65-year mission — suspended animation keeps them young and pretty — are transporting an extraterrestrial bestiary back to Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2025

Designer Virginie Viard collaborated again with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan who used a bestiary in house founder Coco Chanel’s apartment as a creative springboard for the carnival-like spring decor.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

Naked mole-rats and blind mole-rats are now safely within the research bestiary.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2022

It is perhaps this characteristic that makes the usual bestiary so outlandish to the twentieth-century mind.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Such animals were found in bestiaries, which were illustrated books offering the most popular sources of information about animals, real or imaginary, during the Middle Ages.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

Medieval bestiaries were books that served as compendiums of creatures both fantastic and real.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2019

She is a magpie, plucking language from myriad arenas: bestiaries, business documents, tourist pamphlets.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2016

They have led me to medieval bestiaries and heraldry, a rich source of inspiration.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2013

In this sense, bestiaries are part of our inheritance.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas