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Fauna

//ˈfɔːnə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus. Roman
  2. 2
    A female given name from Latin.
Noun
  1. 1
    Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. uncountable

    "the flora and fauna"

  2. 2
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement wordnet
  3. 3
    A book, cataloguing the animals of a country. countable
  4. 4
    all the animal life in a particular region or period wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).

Etymology 2

Feminine form of Faunus. Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w-, whence Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “beast”), Illyrian-related Daunus. Some refer it to faveō.

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