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The meaning of the word "Fauna" in English


Fauna n. : The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Example:
What is the national flora and Fauna of the Comoros islands??

Taxonomy
Fauna, animals, Macrofauna, Meiofauna, Microfauna, free encyclopedia, Italics, aquatic animals, small animals, territories, Infauna, Epifauna, Mesofauna, mesh, substratum, sieve, Sovereign states, Dependencies.

Defination from the web:
Fauna, a Roman fertility and earth goddess, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and panis is the Greek equivalent of fauna. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) zoology
  (noun) animal
  (noun) animate being
  (noun) beast
  (noun) brute
  (noun) creature
  (noun) accumulation
  (noun) aggregation
  (noun) assemblage
  (noun) being
  (noun) collection
  (noun) organism
antonyms
  (noun) flora


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