According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
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
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
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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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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