microfauna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied to the tiniest species of animal groups such as ticks, insects, etc.

Word forms

microfauna microfaunae microfaunas

Etymology

From micro- (“small, tiny”) + fauna (“animals”).

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