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Complete Definition of "fauna"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈfɔː.nə/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɔːnə|-ɔːnə

Noun
fauna (plural: faunae or faunas)

  1. animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
  2. a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.

Antonyms
flora

Translations
trans-top|animals considered as a group
Chinese: 動物(ㄉㄨㄥˋㄨˋ dòngwù)
Czech: zvířena f, fauna#Czech|fauna f
Finnish: eläimet, eläimistö
French: faune f
German: Fauna f
Icelandic: fána f, dýraríki n
trans-mid
Japanese: 動物相 (dōbutsu-sō)
Spanish: fauna f
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trans-top|a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.
Chinese: 動物誌(ㄉㄨㄥˋㄨˋㄓˋ dòngwùzhì)
French: faune f
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Japanese: 動物誌 (dōbutsu-shi)
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ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: beathach|beathaichean m, ainmhidh|ainmhidhean m

Derived terms
epifauna
faunal
infauna
macrofauna
megafauna
meiofauna
mesofauna
microfauna

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals


Crimean Tatar

Etymology
L.|crh fauna#Latin|fauna.

Noun
fauna

  1. fauna#English|fauna

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

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