avifauna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

Word forms

avifauna avifaunas avifaunae

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).

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