"faunal" meaning in English

See faunal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faunal.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From fauna (“animals”) + -al (“pertaining to”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fauna<t:animals>|-al<t:pertaining to>|text=+|tree=1}} From 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 referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 82 18
  2. Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-faunal-en-adj-F9dynHJn Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: bestial
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