Associations to the word «Fauna»

Wiktionary

FAUNA, noun. (uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
FAUNA, noun. (countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.
FAUNA, proper noun. (Roman god) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.
FAUNA, proper noun. A female given name.

Dictionary definition

FAUNA, noun. All the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch".
FAUNA, noun. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley