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
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.
• flora
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
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
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
