faunanoun [ U, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈfɔː.nə/us/ˈfɑː.nə/specializedall the animals that live wild in a particular area:
While she was in Hawaii, she studied the local flora and fauna.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plants & animals - general words
- animal kingdom
- autotroph
- biped
- bloodsucker
- carnivore
- flora and fauna
- greenery
- herbivore
- heterotroph
- humpbacked
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- parasite
- parasitic
- predatory
- songster
- vegetation
- vertebrate
- warm-blooded
- wildlife
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