‖ physiologus
(fɪzɪˈɒləgəs)
[L., a. Gr. ϕυσιολόγος, natural philosopher (see physiologer): used by Epiphanius as the name of his work on Natural History with moral and theological applications, whence the mediæval use.]
A bestiary: see quot.
| 1898 S. A. Brooke Eng. Lit. xiii. 203 The three first [Old Eng. poems, the Whale, the Panther, and the Partridge] must be taken together, and form part..of an English Physiologus. A Physiologus in the literature of the Middle Ages was a collection of descriptions of beasts, birds, or fishes, of their life and habits..each..followed by a religious or moral allegory based on this description. |