faunan.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːnə/, U.S.

/ˈfɔnə/,

/ˈfɑnə/

Forms: Plural faunæ; also faunas.

Etymology: < modern Latin fauna, an application of the proper name of a rural goddess, the sister of Faunus (see faun n.); used by Linnæus in the title of his work Fauna Suecica (1746), a companion volume to his Flora Suecica (1745). Compare flora n.

1. A collective term for the animals or animal life of any particular region or epoch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna)

zoology1746

fauna1771

1771 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 144 He should be able to account for the..manner of life of the animals of his own Fauna.

1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals Pref. 7 A few additions were afterwards made to this division of the British Fauna by Ray.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 161 The fauna of tropical America.

1844 Vest. Creat. (ed. 4) 99 Fossils do not form the sole memorials of the extraordinary fauna of this age.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 448 The crustacea were represented in the carboniferous fauna.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 356 A narrow isthmus now separates two marine faunas.

1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 155 There are..geographical faunae and florae and geological faunae and florae.

2. A treatise upon the animals of any geographical area or geological period.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) > treatise upon

fauna1885

1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 16 A rapid survey of the ornithological works which come more or less under the designation of ‘Faunæ’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fauna
释义	faunan. Brit. /ˈfɔːnə/, U.S. /ˈfɔnə/, /ˈfɑnə/ Forms: Plural faunæ; also faunas. Etymology: < modern Latin fauna, an application of the proper name of a rural goddess, the sister of Faunus (see faun n.); used by Linnæus in the title of his work Fauna Suecica (1746), a companion volume to his Flora Suecica (1745). Compare flora n. 1. A collective term for the animals or animal life of any particular region or epoch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) zoology1746 fauna1771 1771 G. White Let. 1 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 144 He should be able to account for the..manner of life of the animals of his own Fauna. 1828 J. Fleming Hist. Brit. Animals Pref. 7 A few additions were afterwards made to this division of the British Fauna by Ray. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. i. 161 The fauna of tropical America. 1844 Vest. Creat. (ed. 4) 99 Fossils do not form the sole memorials of the extraordinary fauna of this age. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 448 The crustacea were represented in the carboniferous fauna. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 356 A narrow isthmus now separates two marine faunas. 1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 155 There are..geographical faunae and florae and geological faunae and florae. 2. A treatise upon the animals of any geographical area or geological period. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > of a particular region (fauna) > treatise upon fauna1885 1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 16 A rapid survey of the ornithological works which come more or less under the designation of ‘Faunæ’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1771
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