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fauna noun. , -nas. L18.
[mod. Latin application of Fauna, an ancient Italian rural goddess, sister of Faunus (see FAUN). Cf. FLORA.]
collect. sing. & in pl. The animals or animal life of a given area, habitat, or epoch. Cf. FLORA. L18.
A treatise or list of these. L19.
faunal adjective2 L19.
faunally adverb L19.
faunist noun an expert in or student of fauna M18.
fau'nistic adjective of or pertaining to a faunist or fauna: L19.
fau'nistical adjective faunistic L19.
fau'nistically adverb in a faunistic manner L19.