avifauna
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”)
Noun[edit]
avifauna (usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)
- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
birdlife — see birdlife
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From avi- + fauna, perhaps borrowed.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
avifauna f (plural avifauna's)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
avifauna f (plural avifaunas)
Further reading[edit]
- “avifauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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