FAUNA

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

(noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

fauna, zoology

(noun) all the animal life in a particular region or period; “the fauna of China”; “the zoology of the Pliocene epoch”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

fauna (countable and uncountable, plural faunae or faunas or faunæ)

(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]

(countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

Coordinate terms

• flora

Etymology

Proper noun

Fauna

(Roman god) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.

A female given name from Latin.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fau"na, n. Etym: [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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