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What is the noun for fauna?

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fauna
  1. (uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]
  2. (countable) A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A freshwater biome is a large community of flora and fauna that live in water.”
      “I especially enjoy working with polychaete fauna, but kinorhynchs are a close second.”
      “Amongst the ichthyologic fauna of fresh waters we have the the zebra trout and the common jollytail.”
faunist
  1. One who describes the fauna of a country.
faunists
  1. plural of faunist
faunas
  1. plural of fauna
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When dwarf faunas are found in the fossil record, they are invariably associated with times of environmental stress.”
      “The aetosaurs, or Stagonolepididae, were large herbivorous armoured archosaurs, and an important characteristic part of Late Triassic faunas.”
      “This section is highlighted by excellent summaries of the major biogeographic realms and their endemic faunas.”
faunae
  1. plural of fauna
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The island has plant faunae unrivalled anywhere else in the world. 180 families have been identified, of which 10 are endemic species.”
      “Also keep in mind that the escalator, while thrilling, is not actually a ride, as the absence of animatronic faunae on your periphery during as and des-cent should indicate.”
      “Through the climatic changes, conodont and ammonoid faunae were initially able to recover very quickly during the Early Triassic as unusually short-lived species emerged.”
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