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avifauna

/ˈeɪ.vɪˌfɔː.nə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
avi-fau-na
IPA
/ˈeɪ.vɪˌfɔː.nə/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

avifaunas (plural) avifaunae (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

avifaunal

Questions

How do you pronounce avifauna?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɪ.vɪˌfɔː.nə/.
What does avifauna mean?
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Where does avifauna come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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