Английский Этимологический словарь - fauna
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Fauna
fauna
- 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.
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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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(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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noun (plural ~s; also ~e) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus Date: 1771 animal life; especially the animals characteristic of a region, period, or special environment — compare flora • ~l adjective • ~lly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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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