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▪ I. ˈfaunal, a.1 rare. [f. faun + -al1.] Of or pertaining to a Faun, or to Fauns.
1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 97 b, Horned faunes..solemnising their faunall feasts. 1849Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 105 A pastoral, or rather ‘faunal’, sketch. ▪ II. ˈfaunal, a.2 [f. faun-a + -al1.] Of or pertaining to the fauna of a country.
1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 161 The whole earth has been divided into six principal faunal regions. 1884Athenæum 10 May 602/2 Their faunal distribution. 1889Aplin Birds Oxfordsh. Pref., The series of county faunal works. |