Synonyms for faunae

Grammar : Noun

Spell : faw-nuh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔ nə

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Définition of faunae

Origin :

• 1771, collective name for animals of a certain region or time, from Late Latin Fauna, a Roman fertility goddess, wife, sister, or daughter (or some combination thereof) of Faunus (see faun).
• Popularized by Linnaeus, who adopted it as a companion word to flora and used it in the title of his 1746 catalogue of the animals of Sweden, "Fauna Suecica." First used in English by naturalist Gilbert White.

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