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1. All the animal life in a particular region or period
   "the fauna of China";
   - zoology
    
2. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   - animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature

Sounds like: fa

Derived forms: faunas, faunae

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, being, collection, organism

Antonym: flora

Part of: animal kingdom, Animalia, biology, biota, kingdom Animalia

Encyclopedia: Fauna, Bloemfontein