fauna

Meaning

1. Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.
2. A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

Synonyms

creature

zoology

beast

animal

🐾

brute

animate being

organism

zooid

animals

living creatures

alien

👽

faunal province

animal life

animal world

beastie

critter

flora

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔːnə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek: θαῦνον

Cognate with Phrygian: δάος

In summary

Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).