fauna
/ˈfɔːnə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.52 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, biological group, etc.
Uncountable
name
A female given name from Latin.
Example Sentences
- "the flora and fauna"
- "Japanese waters also support a rich and diverse shark fauna, including the smallest known shark Squaliolus laticaudus, and the bizarre goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni."
- "More than this, at least twenty genera, which are common to New Guinea and Aru, do not extend into Ceram, indicating with a force which every naturalist will appreciate, that the two latter countries have received their faunas in a radically different manner."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Fauna, *dʰeh₂w-