Fauna - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Fauna :  (noun)
1: all the animal life in a particular region [ant: vegetation]
2: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Fauna : \Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zo["o]l.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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