flora and faunanoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌflɔː.rə ən ˈfɔː.nə/us/ˌflɔːr.ə ən ˈfɑː.nə/specializedThe flora and fauna of a place are its plants and animals.
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Plants & animals - general words
- animal kingdom
- autotroph
- biped
- bloodsucker
- carnivore
- flora
- greenery
- herbivore
- heterotroph
- humpbacked
- omnivore
- omnivorous
- parasite
- parasitic
- predatory
- songster
- vegetation
- vertebrate
- warm-blooded
- wildlife
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Examples from literature
- A collection of the flora and fauna was to be made, as well as a map of the country passed through.
- Bio-geography shows an increasing impoverishment in the flora and fauna, of small islands with distance from the mainland.
- By what flora and fauna were they surrounded?
- The influence of an island habitat upon its human occupants resembles that upon its flora and fauna, but is less marked.
- These conditions determine the singular character both of its flora and fauna.