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Fauna

Fauna Meaning & Definition
Fauna Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fauna?

[n] a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
[n] all the animal life in a particular region

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fauna: animal | animate being | beast | brute | creature

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fauna: and fish | animal kingdom | animal life | Animalia | animality | beasts | beasts of field | beasts of prey | big game | birds | brute creation | cattle | domestic animals | furry creatures | game | livestock | small game | stock | wild animals | wildlife

See Also | accumulation | acrodont | adult | aggregation | animal group | animal kingdom | animal tissue | Animalia | assemblage | avifauna | being | biology | biota | biped | captive | caput | chordate | collection | conceptus | creepy-crawly | critter | darter | dead animal | domestic animal | embryo | face | female | fertilized egg | fictional animal | game | giant | head | herbivore | insectivore | invertebrate | kingdom Animalia | larva | male | marine animal | mate | metazoan | migrator | molter | moulter | mutant | offspring | omnivore | organism | peeper | pet | pleurodont | predator | predatory animal | prey | pureblood | purebred | quarry | racer | scavenger | sea animal | stayer | stunt | survivor | thoroughbred | varment | varmint | vermin | work animal | young | zooplankton

Fauna In Webster's Dictionary

\Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See {Faun}.] (Zo["o]l.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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