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Fauna

/ˈfɔː.nə/

Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.

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📖 Definitions of "Fauna"

noun

1
Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.
"the fauna of China"
2
A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

🔄 Synonyms of "Fauna"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
brutenoun	Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.
beastnoun	An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
creaturenoun	A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
animalnoun	(sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
animate beingnoun	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

↔️ Antonyms of "Fauna"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
vegetationnoun	(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
floranoun	Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fauna"

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Word	Definition
animalnoun	(sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
creaturenoun	A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
beastnoun	An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
brutenoun	A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
animate beingnoun	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
wildlifenoun	(often attributive) undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.
floranoun	Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
habitatnoun	(countable, biology) A range; a place where a species naturally occurs.
speciesnoun	(biology) A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
wildernessnoun	(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
mwanoun	Alternative spelling of mwah. [The hallmark sound of a fretless bass guitar played with a certain technique, where treble frequencies increase gradually after the attack.]
wildnoun	Untamed; not domesticated.
faunenoun	(rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of faun. [(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.]
lifenoun	(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
gamenoun	A playful or competitive activity.
faunnoun	(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
cwsnoun	Initialism of celebrity worship syndrome. [An obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity's life.]
animals	the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977, by Harvest Records and Columbia Records.
birds	the third studio album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga.
creatures	an artificial life video game series created in the mid-1990s by English computer scientist Steve Grand while working for the Cambridge video game developer Millennium Interactive.