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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. all the animal life in a particular region or period;
- Example: "the fauna of China"
- Example: "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
[syn: fauna, zoology]

2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement;
[syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fauna \Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zool.)
   The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of
   America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fauna
    n 1: all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the
         fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch" [syn:
         fauna, zoology] [ant: botany, flora, vegetation]
    2: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
       animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature,
       fauna]