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Definition of: fauna
(fô′nə) noun plural fau·nas or fau·nae (-nē)
1. The animals living within a given area or environment or during a stated period: distinguished from flora.
2. A treatise upon a fauna. See synonyms under ANIMAL. [<NL, after L Fauna, a rural goddess]
—fau′nal adjective
—fau′nal·ly adverb
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