| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fau·na |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fô n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-n  )
1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group. 2. A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus. | | OTHER FORMS: | faunal —ADJECTIVE
faunal·ly —ADVERB
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