"refaunation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: refaunations [plural]
Etymology: re- + fauna + -ation Etymology templates: {{confix|en|re|fauna|ation}} re- + fauna + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} refaunation (countable and uncountable, plural refaunations)
  1. (ecology) The reintroduction of animals into an environment (following a previous defaunation) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ecology

Inflected forms

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