faun
IPA: fˈɔn
noun
- (Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
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Examples of "faun" in Sentences
- She is protected by the faun.
- Surely Pan is the name of the faun.
- The faun isn't supposed to be evil.
- Wow, good job on House of the Faun
- The faun is there, as are the fairies.
- But the faun isn't supposed to be Pan.
- Story of the faun is included in the book.
- A Faun is the Roman equivalent of a Greek Satyr.
- The faun is considered to be sacred by the people.
- The faun started to sing in front of many fairies.
- If that statue could move like a faun, that is what
- (SAY-tuhr) [Roman name faun] A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat.
- Continuing the classical themes, one sports the head and horns of a faun set in alternating bands of black and deep red.
- The faun is a natural and delightful link betwixt human and brute life, with something of a divine character intermingled.
- When Proietto returns to dance with them, his wary, hieratic stance is an instant evocation of Nijinsky as the faun himself.
- It was the first time he had ever given a reading and his story about a faun seeking his first sexual experience in the woods captivated me.
- A typical set sees him trotting about like a genteel and very gay faun, throwing out absurdist rants, implausible anecdotes and ludicrous theories.
- In the condition of organic life when the supremely predatory creature man rose to domination, the species were grouped in those vast organizations which were of old termed faunæ and floræ, but which are now better known as biological fields or provinces.
- The laws regulating the geographical distribution of animals, and their combination into distinct zoölogical provinces called faunæ, with definite limits, are very imperfectly understood as yet; but so closely are all things linked together from the beginning that I am convinced we shall never find the clew to their meaning till we carry on our investigations in the past and the present simultaneously.
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