avifauna
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).
Noun
editavifauna (usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)
- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Related terms
editTranslations
editbirdlife — see birdlife
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom avi- + fauna, perhaps borrowed.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editavifauna f (plural avifauna's)
Spanish
editNoun
editavifauna f (plural avifaunas)
Further reading
edit- “avifauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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