faunal

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English

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Etymology

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fauna (“animals”) +‎ -al (“pertaining to”)

Adjective

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faunal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to animals.
  2. Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time.

Usage notes

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A technical term; in conversation, one instead uses animal attributively.

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