From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfaunafau‧na /ˈfɔːnə $ ˈfɒː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] technical HBall the animals living in a particular area or period in history → flora
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fauna• In forestry, these chemicals can lead to a decline in water quality and to declines in aquatic fauna and flora.• Geographically distant sites are characterized by very different faunas.• The result is a digitized display of flora, fauna and visual effects.• This size limitation means that harvester ant assemblages are not good indicators of the local mammalian fauna.• Sheffield has a very active Natural History Society, which has accumulated a good knowledge of this city's fauna.• The soil fauna may also be developing, as a topsoil accumulates.• This detailed survey is peppered with information on how the faunas came to be collected - often by amateurs.• If so, then modern vent fauna should be largely unchanged from those that existed hundreds of millions of years ago.Origin fauna (1700-1800) Late Latin Fauna wife or sister of Faunus; → FAUN 