fauna
noun/ˈfɔːnə/
/ˈfɔːnə/
[uncountable, countable]- all the animals living in an area or in a particular period of history
- the local flora and fauna (= plants and animals)
- (specialist) land and marine faunas
Word Originlate 18th cent.: modern Latin application of Fauna, the name of a rural goddess, sister of Faunus.Definitions on the go
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