fauna

fau·na

(faw'nă),

The animal forms of a continent, district, locality, or habitat.

[Mod. L. application of Fauna, sister of Faunus, a rural deity]

fauna

/fau·na/ (faw´nah) the collective animal organisms of a given locality.

fauna

(fô′nə)

n. pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-nē′)

1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.

2. A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period.

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fau′nal adj.

fau′nal·ly adv.

fau·na

(faw'nă)

The animal forms of a continent, district, locality, or habitat.

[Mod. L. application of Fauna, sister of Faunus, a rural deity]

fauna

the grouping of animals present in any one place or at any one time in geological history Together with the FLORA this constitutes the total of organisms living in a particular environment - ‘the flora and fauna’.