fauna

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus; akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον, θώς, Phrygian δάος.

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