Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fauna
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n. (pl. faunae or faunas) 1 the animal life of a region or geological period (cf. FLORA). 2 a treatise on or list of this. Derivatives faunal adj. faunist n. faunistic adj. Etymology: mod.L f. the name of a rural goddess, sister of Faunus: see FAUN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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фауна, животный мир – abyssal fauna – fish fauna – fossil fauna – helminth fauna – interstitial fauna – invertebrate fauna – soil fauna – vertebrate fauna ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(faunas) Animals, especially the animals in a particular area, can be referred to as fauna. (TECHNICAL) ...the flora and fauna of the African jungle... Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas. N-COUNT-COLL ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n technical all the animals living in a particular area or period in history (- compare flora) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1771, from L.L. Fauna, a Roman fertility goddess, wife, sister, or daughter (or some combination thereof) of Faunus. Popularized by Linnaeus, who adopted it as a companion word to flora and used it in the title of his 1746 catalogue of the animals of Sweden, "Fauna Suecica." First used in Eng. 1771 by naturalist Gilbert White. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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