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fauna, n.
(faunae)
more info a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
<noun.Tops>   freq. cnt.: 87 freq. cnt.: 67 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 4

animal animate being beast brute creature fauna
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
animalize animalise
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
create
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
bestial beastly
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member of this domain (topic)
crested, topknotted, tufted bone-covered free-swimming, unattached hispid flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous plant-eating, phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous all-devouring insectivorous epizootic full-grown, grown, adult, big, fully grown, grownup half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed registered unregistered gregarious social sacrifice, ritual killing trailing, tracking microorganism, micro-organism actinomycete trap humaneness body, organic structure side nose diet vector, transmitter sitter stander wart schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch bone, debone domesticate, tame domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame drench crop, graze, pasture
hypernym
organism, being
member holonym
Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
hyponym
pest critter creepy-crawly darter peeper homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm poikilotherm, ectotherm range animal varmint, varment scavenger work animal domestic animal, domesticated animal feeder migrator molter, moulter pet stayer stunt marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature female male adult young, offspring thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood giant survivor mutant herbivore insectivore acrodont pleurodont zooplankton embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg chordate invertebrate metazoan omnivore predator, predatory animal prey, quarry game hexapod biped larva racer fictional animal captive mate
substance meronym
animal tissue
part meronym
head, caput face
more info all the animal life in a particular region or period
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fauna zoology

sample sentences

"the fauna of China"
"the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
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antonym
flora
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hypernym
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
member holonym
biota, biology
hyponym
avifauna
member meronym
animal group