n. animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
n. a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The animals of any given area or epoch
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The total of the animal life of a given region or period; the sum of the animals living in a given area or time: a term corresponding to flora in respect of plants: as, the fauna of America; a fossil fauna; the recent fauna; the land and water faunæ of the globe.
n. A treatise upon the animals of any geographical area or geological period.
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n. all the animal life in a particular region or period
n. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Word Usage
"To be noted among the fauna is the endemic venado de páramo (Mazana americana carrikeri), and the león colorado (Felis concolor bangsi)."