Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bestiary

 noun  (plural -aries)  Etymology: Medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin, neuter of bestiarius of beasts, from bestia  Date: 1840  1. a medieval allegorical or moralizing work on the appearance and habits of real or imaginary animals  2.  a. a collection of descriptions or representations of real or imaginary animals  b. an array of real humans or literary characters often having symbolic significance  3. an unusual or whimsical collection a truly astounding ~ of airplane designs — Peter Garrison