faun

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From Middle English fawn, from Latin Faunus.

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faun (plural fauns)

  1. (Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
    Synonym: satyr
  2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

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Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

faun

  1. Alternative form of fawn

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Faunus.

Noun[edit]

faun m (plural fauni)

  1. Faunus

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