fauna

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. uncountable
    — the flora and fauna
  2. A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. countable

词形变化

faunae plural faunas plural faunæ plural

词汇关系

上位词
biota
衍生词
aerofauna aquafauna archaeofauna avifauna chronofauna coprofauna cryptofauna echinofauna endofauna endolithofauna epifauna faunal faunic faunist faunistic faunivore faunivorous faunology herpetofauna ichnofauna ichthyofauna infauna limnofauna macrofauna malacofauna mastofauna megafauna meiofauna mesofauna microfauna myrmecofauna necrofauna nematofauna palaeofauna paleofauna stygofauna thanatofauna
并列词
flora funga

词源

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).
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