Definitions for Fauna

Fauna fau·na

Spelling: [faw-nuh]
IPA: /ˈfɔ nə/

Fauna is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in Fauna (aafnu).

Definitions for Fauna

noun

  1. the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
  2. a treatise on the animals of a given region or period.
  3. (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. Bona Dea.
  4. an ancient Roman goddess of chastity and fertility.

Origin of Fauna

1765-75; New Latin, special use of Latin Fauna, a feminine counterpart to Faunus; cf. Flora

Examples for Fauna

fauna was the wife of Faunus, and participated in his functions.

I am sorry to say that he sold her a "Flora and fauna" before he went to bed that night.

I have captioned them with present-day names of the flora and fauna.

It gave me the welcome opportunity to observe the fauna of this part of the country.

His papers on the fauna and flora made him known to scientific societies.

fauna: the assemblage of animals inhabiting a region or country.

You think of the rainforest as this incredibly abundant place of fauna and animals and flora.

It is to me more what you call a 'beast-garden,' to include all species of fauna.

He did not believe that the fauna of one epoch was transformed into the fauna of the next.

The area is a disturbed wetland, invaded by non-native melaleuca trees that have crowded out native flora and fauna.

Word Value for Fauna
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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