Synonyms for fauna
Definitions
- n. 1
Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, biological group, etc.
Forms
- Plural
- faunas → animals, creatures, beasts, brutes…
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The animals of a region are collectively called its fauna.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- animal An animal can be much more dangerous when wounded.
- beast Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- creature I respect the praying mantis as a living creature!
- brute I memorized the fact sheet through sheer brute force.
- zoology The term 'zoology' is derived from Ancient Greek.
By length
- 5 letters
- beast1, brute1
- 6 letters
- animal3
- 7 letters
- zoology4
- 8 letters
- creature2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (animal3 = 3 syllables).