microfauna
Meanings
noun
- 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.
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Etymology
From micro- (“small, tiny”) + fauna (“animals”).
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