Fauna (noun)
faw-nu
the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
Fauna is the namesake of the rural Roman goddess Fauna, the feminine counterpart of the forest god Faunus. These two Latin names may come from the verb favēre “to favor,” which would make them potential relatives of the recent Words of the Day Faustian and foehn. Fauna was first recorded in English circa 1770.
Example sentences
“We think the fauna in the area is what attracted the settlers.”
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