Fauna synonyms

fô'nə

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animal
The definition of an animal is a member of the kingdom Animalia, and is typically characterized by a multicellular body, specialized sense organs, voluntary movement, responses to factors in the environment and the ability to acquire and digest food.
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flora-and-fauna (related)
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creature
A living being, especially an animal:
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zoology
The animal life of an area; fauna
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specie (related)
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animate being
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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beast
An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.
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flora (antonym)
(Astronomy) Short for 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
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brute
(Now archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
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microfauna (related)
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lichen (related)
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invertebrate (related)
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biota (related)
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habitat (related)
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mammal (related)
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avifauna (related)
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arctic-alpine (related)
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plant life (related)
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bryophyte (related)
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Fauna Sentence Examples

  • Asia, the same fauna extending in Siberia as far as the Yenisei and the Lena.

  • The fauna of the peninsula is varied and no less profuse than is the vegetable life.

  • The origin of the fauna and flora of Australia has attracted considerable attention.

  • The fauna of the scrub in the river valleys is decidedly rich, and includes aquatic birds.

  • The fauna of Liberia is sufficiently peculiar, at any rate as regards vertebrates, to make it very nearly identical with a "district" or sub-province of the West African province, though in this case the Liberian "district" would not include the northernmost portions of the country and would overlap on the east and west into Sierra Leone and the French Ivory Coast.

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