Faunal

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to animals. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time. not-comparable

Etymology

From fauna (“animals”) + -al (“pertaining to”).

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faunal assemblage

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