Avifauna
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region. uncountable, usually
- 2 the birds of a particular region or period wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"All in all, the southeast sector offers a very diverse avifauna, and it should not be ignored by the visiting birder."
Etymology
From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).