avifauna

English

Etymology

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

Noun

avifauna (usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)

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

Related terms

• avifaunal

Translations

birdlife — see birdlife

Dutch

Etymology

From avi- +‎ fauna, perhaps borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.viˈfɑu̯.naː/

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• Hyphenation: avi‧fau‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯naː

Noun

avifauna f (plural avifauna's)

1. avifauna, bird fauna; the birdlife of an area
2. a book about bird fauna

Spanish

Noun

avifauna f (plural avifaunas)

1. avifauna, bird life

Further reading

• “avifauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16