"fauna" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔːnə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fauna.wav Forms: faunae [plural], faunas [plural], faunæ [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːnə Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|fauna}} New Latin fauna, {{der|en|la|Fauna}} Latin Fauna, {{cog|grc|θαῦνον|t=wild animal, beast}} Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), {{cog|xpg|δάος|t=wolf}} Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|faunae|s|faunæ}} fauna (countable and uncountable, plural faunae or faunas or faunæ)
  1. (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. Tags: uncountable Translations (animals considered as a group): фа́уна (fáuna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fauna [feminine] (Catalan), 動物群 (Chinese Mandarin), 动物群 (dòngwùqún) (Chinese Mandarin), 動物區系 (Chinese Mandarin), 动物区系 (dòngwù qūxì) (Chinese Mandarin), zvířena [feminine] (Czech), fauna [feminine] (Czech), fauna [common-gender] (Danish), dyreliv [neuter] (Danish), fauna [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), bestaro (Esperanto), faŭno (Esperanto), eläimet (Finnish), eläimistö (Finnish), faune [feminine] (French), fauna [feminine] (Galician), ფაუნა (pauna) (Georgian), Fauna [feminine] (German), Tierreich [neuter] (German), Tierwelt [feminine] (German), πανίδα (panída) [feminine] (Greek), जंतु (jantu) [masculine] (Hindi), fána [feminine] (Icelandic), dýraríki [neuter] (Icelandic), satwa (Indonesian), elokasmaailma (Ingrian), fauna [feminine] (Italian), 動物相 (dōbutsusō) (alt: どうぶつそう) (Japanese), gyvija [feminine] (Lithuanian), gyvūnija [feminine] (Lithuanian), fauna (Malay), fauna [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fauna [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پوشش جانوری (Persian), زیاگان (ziyâgân) (Persian), fauna [feminine] (Polish), fauna [feminine] (Portuguese), faună [feminine] (Romanian), regnul animal [neuter] (Romanian), фа́уна (fáuna) [feminine] (Russian), живо́тный мир (živótnyj mir) [masculine] (Russian), ainmhidhean [masculine, plural] (Scottish Gaelic), fauna [feminine] (Spanish), фа́уна (fáuna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), фа́вна (fávna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), nimem (Volapük)
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  2. (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. Tags: countable Translations (a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.): 動物誌 (Chinese Mandarin), 动物志 (dòngwùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), faune [feminine] (French), fauna [feminine] (Galician), 動物誌 (dōbutsushi) (alt: どうぶつし) (Japanese), фа́уна (fáuna) [feminine] (Russian), fauna (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fauna-en-noun-KGFsdIt7 Disambiguation of 'a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: biota Coordinate_terms: flora, funga

Inflected forms

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          "text": "the flora and fauna",
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          "text": "Japanese waters also support a rich and diverse shark fauna, including the smallest known shark Squaliolus laticaudus, and the bizarre goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni.",
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        "(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time."
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    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fauna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうぶつし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōbutsushi",
      "sense": "a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.",
      "word": "動物誌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fáuna",
      "sense": "a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фа́уна"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a book, cataloging the animals of a country etc.",
      "word": "fauna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fauna"
}

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