Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
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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