What does "faun" mean?

A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

What is a synonym for "faun"?

Common synonyms include: cailleac, corn spirit, deity, faunus, fertility god, field spirit.

/fɔn/ noun

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Noun

1
A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. Roman
2
ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr wordnet
3
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

"Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and the poem which it is based on share a dreamy, ethereal, but nonetheless passionate feel."

From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.