Search results
- Dictionaryfauna/ˈfɔːnə/
noun
- 1. the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period: "the flora and fauna of Siberia"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of FAUNA is animal life; especially : the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment. How to use fauna in a sentence. Did you know?
FAUNA definition: 1. all the animals that live wild in a particular area: 2. all the animals that live wild in a…. Learn more.
Fauna definition: the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.. See examples of FAUNA used in a sentence.
Fauna (pl.: faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga , respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota .
noun. all the animal life in a particular region or period. “the fauna of China”. synonyms: zoology. see more. noun. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. synonyms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature. see more.
Define fauna. fauna synonyms, fauna pronunciation, fauna translation, English dictionary definition of fauna. n. pl. fau·nas or fau·nae 1. Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group. 2. A catalog of the animals of a...
fauna. noun. /ˈfɔːnə/. /ˈfɔːnə/. [uncountable, countable] all the animals living in an area or in a particular period of history. the local flora and fauna (= plants and animals) (specialist) land and marine faunas. Topics Animals c2.
Animals, especially the animals in a particular area, can be referred to as fauna. [technical] ...the flora and fauna of the African jungle. [ + of] Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas. Synonyms: animal lfe, animals, creatures More Synonyms of fauna.
The animals of a specified region or time. The fauna of North America. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: creature. brute. beast. animate being. animal. zoology. Antonyms: flora. Other Word Forms of Fauna. Noun. Singular: fauna. Plural: faunae, faunas. Origin of Fauna.
all the animals that live in a particular area: the flora and fauna of the area. (Definition of fauna from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
