bestiary
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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
The bestiary of acceptable species on which respectable researchers can experiment is expanding.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2022
Neutrinos are, without question, the weirdest denizens of the vast and varied particle-physics bestiary: They come in three types, but somehow oscillate between these different forms as they travel.
From Scientific American • Apr. 13, 2022
Here, reducing the medieval bestiary to a contemporary footnote makes for a listless conclusion to an otherwise strong and compelling show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2019
I suggest the need for a new bestiary, to take the place of the old ones.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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