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Webster 1913 Edition

Avifauna

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Aˊvi-fau′na

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Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
avis
bird + E.
fauna
.]
(Zool.)
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

Definition 2024

avifauna

avifauna

English

Noun

avifauna ‎(usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)

  1. The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

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Spanish

Noun

avifauna f ‎(plural avifaunas)

  1. avifauna, bird life

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin avis ‎(“bird”) + New Latin fauna ‎(“animals”), from Latin Faunus ‎(“god of herdsmen”)

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