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fau·na
(fô′nə)n. pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-nē′)
1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.
2. A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period.
[Late Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus.]
fau′nal adj.
fau′nal·ly adv.
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fauna
(ˈfɔːnə)n, pl -nas or -nae (-niː)
1. (Zoology) all the animal life of a given place or time, esp when distinguished from the plant life (flora)
2. (Zoology) a descriptive list of such animals
[C18: from New Latin, from Late Latin Fauna a goddess, sister of Faunus]
ˈfaunal adj
ˈfaunally adv
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fau•na
(ˈfɔ nə)n., pl. -nas, -nae (-nē).
1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
2. a list of the animals of a given region or period.
fau′nal, adj.
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fau·na
(fô′nə) The animals of a particular region or time period: tropical fauna; prehistoric fauna.
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fauna
1. the animal life of a particular time or region.
2. a study of or treatise on the animal life of a particular time or region. — faunal, adj.
See also: Animals2. a study of or treatise on the animal life of a particular time or region. — faunal, adj.
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fauna
All animals occupying a major geographical region.
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| Noun | 1. | fauna - all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole avifauna - the birds of a particular region or period animal group - a group of animals botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" |
| 2. |  fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity tracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides" critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer" stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) adult - any mature animal pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses giant - any creature of exceptional size survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores" insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets microorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic size actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae conceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification metazoan - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges omnivore - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances predatory animal, predator - any animal that lives by preying on other animals game - animal hunted for food or sport |
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Translations
حَيواناتحَيَوَانات
fauna
faunadyreliv
eläimistö
fauna
állatvilág
fána, dÿraríki
動物相
동물군
faunagyvūnija
fauna, dzīvnieku valsts
fauna
fauna
สัตว์ในท้องถิ่นหนึ่งๆ
direyfaunahayvanat
hệ động vật
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fauna
n → Fauna f
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fauna
(ˈfoːnə) noun the animals of a district or country as a whole. She is interested in South American fauna.
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fauna
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