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faunal en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From faun + -al.

Meanings

1. (rare) Pertaining to a faun or fauns.
   • I am caught in this burning scene. Pan's hour, the faunal noon. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 48:

Forms

faunal en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English fauna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English faunal From fauna (“animals”) + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the fauna of a given region or time.

Deriveds

palaeofaunal · faunally · paleofaunal · aerofaunal · archaeofaunal · macrofaunal · endofaunal · nonfaunal · faunalturbation · meiofaunal · faunal assemblage · mesofaunal · ichnofaunal · microfaunal · cryptofaunal · herpetofaunal · mastofaunal · nematofaunal · ichthyofaunal

Hyponyms

bestial