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fauna en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfɔːnə/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, biological group, etc.
   • Japanese waters also support a rich and diverse shark fauna, including the smallest known shark Squaliolus laticaudus, and the bizarre goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 199:
   • the flora and fauna
2. (countable) A particular group of animals as distinguished from another.
   • More than this, at least twenty genera, which are common to New Guinea and Aru, do not extend into Ceram, indicating with a force which every naturalist will appreciate, that the two latter countries have received their faunas in a radically different manner. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 291:
3. (countable) A book cataloguing the animals of a country.

Forms

Coordinates

funga · flora

Deriveds

faunic · microfauna · palaeofauna · faunivorous · necrofauna · archaeofauna · malacofauna · myrmecofauna · epifauna · coprofauna · herpetofauna · faunistic · cryptofauna · aquafauna · limnofauna · infauna · endolithofauna · nematofauna · mastofauna · ichnofauna · macrofauna · ichthyofauna · endofauna · megafauna · paleofauna · avifauna · meiofauna · chronofauna · thanatofauna · mesofauna · stygofauna · faunal · faunology · aerofauna · echinofauna · defaunate · faunist · faunivore

Hypernyms

biota

Translations (62)

ca fauna (animals considered as a group) · id karya fauna (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · ms fauna (animals considered as a group) · id bebinatangan (animals considered as a group) · ru фа́уна (animals considered as a group) · pt fauna (animals considered as a group) · es fauna (animals considered as a group) · is dýraríki (animals considered as a group) · nl fauna (animals considered as a group) · bg животи́нски свят (animals considered as a group) · lt gyvūnija (animals considered as a group) · lt gyvija (animals considered as a group) · nn fauna (animals considered as a group) · ru живо́тный мир (animals considered as a group) · vo nimem (animals considered as a group) · uk фа́уна (animals considered as a group) · ru фа́уна (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · uk фа́вна (animals considered as a group) · is fána (animals considered as a group) · da dyreliv (animals considered as a group) · cs fauna (animals considered as a group) · id hewanah (animals considered as a group) · fa زیاگان (animals considered as a group) · cs zvířena (animals considered as a group) · de Fauna (animals considered as a group) · cmn 動物誌 /动物志 (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · gd ainmhidhean (animals considered as a group) · ro faună (animals considered as a group) · eo faŭno (animals considered as a group) · fi eläimet (animals considered as a group) · hu fauna (animals considered as a group) · izh elokasmaailma (animals considered as a group) · cmn 動物群 /动物群 (animals considered as a group) · hu állatvilág (animals considered as a group) · ro regnul animal (animals considered as a group) · ka ფაუნა (animals considered as a group) · et fauna (animals considered as a group) · cmn 動物區系 /动物区系 (animals considered as a group) · ja 動物誌 (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · hi प्राणिजात (animals considered as a group) · id karya satwa (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · eo bestaro (animals considered as a group) · id satwa (animals considered as a group) · et loomastik (animals considered as a group) · it fauna (animals considered as a group) · de Tierreich (animals considered as a group) · pl fauna (animals considered as a group) · et loomariik (animals considered as a group) · de Tierwelt (animals considered as a group) · es fauna (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · fa پوشش جانوری (animals considered as a group) · fr faune (animals considered as a group) · fi eläimistö (animals considered as a group) · id dabat (animals considered as a group) · el πανίδα (animals considered as a group) · bg фа́уна (animals considered as a group) · fr faune (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · da fauna (animals considered as a group) · gl fauna (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.) · ja 動物相 (animals considered as a group) · gl fauna (animals considered as a group) · nb fauna (animals considered as a group)