Adjacent Words
Faulterfaultfinder
faultfinding
Faultful
Faultily
Faultiness
Faulting
Faultless
faultlessly
Faultlessness
Faulty
Faun
faunal
faunal succession, law of
faunally
Fauni
Faunist
faunistic
faunistically
Fauntleroy
Faunus
Faur
fauna definitions
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" [syn: fauna, zoology] [ant: botany, flora, vegetation]
2: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna]
Merriam Webster's
noun (plural faunas; also faunae) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus Date: 1771 animal life;especially the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment — compare flora • faunal adjective • faunally adverb
Britannica Concise
All the species of animals found in a particular region, period, or special environment. Five faunal realms, based on terrestrial animal species, are generally recognized: Holarctic, incl. Nearactic (N. America) and Paleartic (Eurasia and N Africa); Paleotropical (tropical Africa and S.E. Asia); Neotropical (Central and S. America); Australian; and Antarctic.
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (pl. faunae or faunas) 1 the animal life of a region or geological period (cf. FLORA). 2 a treatise on or list of this. Derivatives: faunal adj. faunist n. faunistic adj. Etymology: mod.L f. the name of a rural goddess, sister of Faunus: see FAUN
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Fauna 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.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(faunas) Animals, especially the animals in a particular area, can be referred to as fauna. (TECHNICAL) ...the flora and fauna of the African jungle... Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas. N-COUNT-COLL
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. Animals (peculiar to a country or to an epoch).
Moby Thesaurus
Animalia, and fish, animal kingdom, animal life, 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
