fauna
IPA: fˈɔnʌ
noun
- (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.
- (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.
- A female given name from Latin.
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Examples of "fauna" in Sentences
- I was looking at the marine mollusk fauna.
- The reptile fauna is in the lower alpine zone.
- The mammal fauna of the reserve is impoverished.
- The place consists of the local flora and fauna.
- The fauna is primarily avian and arthropodic in nature.
- This museum specializes in the fauna and flora of the sea.
- Detritus feeding invertebrates dominate the mangrove fauna.
- Fauna Japonica is a series of monographs on the zoology of Japan.
- The island is also home to many undiscovered species of flora and fauna.
- The fauna again shows the effect of the characteristics of the vegetation.
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