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Definition of fauna noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fauna

noun

NAmE//ˈfɔnə//

[uncountable, countable]

1all the animals living in an area or in a particular period of history the local flora and fauna (= plants and animals)

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2(technology) land and marine faunas

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