"faunal" meaning in English

See faunal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: fauna (“animals”) + -al (“pertaining to”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fauna|al|t1=animals|t2=pertaining to}} fauna (“animals”) + -al (“pertaining to”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} faunal (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to animals. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-faunal-en-adj-p36cgHz2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 58 42
  2. Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-faunal-en-adj-F9dynHJn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: bestial Derived forms: faunal assemblage

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