avifauna
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”)
Noun
avifauna (usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)
- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Related terms
Translations
birdlife — see birdlife
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaː.viˈfɑu̯.naː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: avi‧fau‧na
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː
Spanish
Further reading
- “avifauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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