bestiole

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bestiole

\bɛs.tjɔl\

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Du latin bestiŏla, de même sens.

noun bestioles

Petit animal. Soudain la vagabonde bestiole s’envolait, abandonnant dans mon giron, — ô horreur! — une larve monstrueuse et difforme à tête humaine!
broadly, figuratively, ironic, obsolete Jeune fille sans esprit.

Similar: bestion

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noun

Similar: bestion

In English

critter a creature
beastie beast, animal

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"bestiole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/bestiole. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bestiole. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/bestiole

Chicago

"bestiole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/bestiole.

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@misc{bestiole_2026,
  title = {bestiole},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/bestiole},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}