fauna
English
/ˈfɔː.nə/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.
- (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fauna, Fauna (Roman goddess).
Origin
Latin
Fauna
Gloss
Roman goddess
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerofauna English
- aerofaunal English
- aquafauna English
- arachnofauna English
- archaeofauna English
- archaeofaunal English
- chronofauna English
- cryptofauna English
- echinofauna English
- endofauna English
- endofaunal English
- entomofauna English
- entomofaunal English
- epifauna English
- epifaunal English
- faunal English
- faunally English
- faunalturbation English
- faunist English
- faunistic English
- faunistically English
- faunivore English
- faunivorous English
- faunivory English
- herpetofauna English
- herpetofaunal English
- ichnofauna English
- ichnofaunal English
- ichthyofauna English
- ichthyofaunal English
- ichthyofaunistic English
- limnofauna English
- macrofauna English
- macrofaunal English
- malacofauna English
- malacofaunal English
- mastofauna English
- megafauna English
- megafaunal English
- megaichnofauna English
- meiofaunal English
- mesofauna English
- mesofaunal English
- microfauna English
- microfaunal English
- myrmecofauna English
- necrofauna English
- nematofauna English
- nematofaunal English
- nonfaunal English
- palaeofauna English
- palaeofaunal English
- paleofauna English
- paleofaunal English
- stygofauna English
- stygofaunal English
- Fauna Latin
- fauna Latin
- fauna Dutch, Flemish
- fauna Norwegian Bokmål
- fauna Norwegian Nynorsk
- fána Icelandic
- fauna Crimean Tatar
- faunal
- faunist
- epifauna
- faunally
- megafauna
- endofauna
- faunivory
- nonfaunal
- aquafauna
- epifaunal
- aerofauna
- mesofauna
- faunivore
- faunistic
- microfauna
- paleofauna
- megafaunal
- aerofaunal
- stygofauna
- necrofauna
- endofaunal
- ichnofauna
- meiofaunal
- mesofaunal
- macrofauna
- mastofauna
- limnofauna
- microfaunal
- ichnofaunal
- cryptofauna
- nematofauna
- entomofauna
- paleofaunal
- macrofaunal
- malacofauna
- stygofaunal
- chronofauna
- faunivorous
- echinofauna
- palaeofauna
- archaeofauna
- ichthyofauna
- nematofaunal
- myrmecofauna
- palaeofaunal
- entomofaunal
- herpetofauna
- arachnofauna
- malacofaunal
- ichthyofaunal
- archaeofaunal
- herpetofaunal
- faunistically
- megaichnofauna
- faunalturbation
- ichthyofaunistic