fauna

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noun

1. all the animal life in a particular region or period
- the fauna of China
- the zoology of the Pliocene epoch
• Syn:
zoology
• Ant:
flora
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
avifauna
• Member Holonyms:
biota, biology
• Member Meronyms:
animal group
2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
• Syn:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature
• Derivationally related forms:
create (for: creature), beastly (for: beast), bestial (for: beast), animalize (for: animal), animalise (for: animal)
• Members of this Topic:
crested, topknotted, tufted, bone-covered, free-swimming,
unattached, hispid, flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous, plant-eating,
phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, all-devouring, insectivorous, epizootic,
adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup,
half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed, registered, unregistered, gregarious,
social, sacrifice, ritual killing, trailing, tracking, microorganism,
micro-organism, actinomycete, trap, humaneness, body, organic structure,
physical structure, side, nose, diet, vector, transmitter,
sitter, stander, wart, schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch, bone,
debone, domesticate, tame, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
drench, crop, graze, pasture
• Hypernyms:
organism, being
• Hyponyms:
pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper,
homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, poikilotherm, ectotherm, range animal,
varmint, varment, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal,
feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer,
stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female,
male, adult, young, offspring, thoroughbred, purebred,
pureblood, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore,
acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg,
chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal,
prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, larva,
racer, fictional animal, captive, mate
• Member Holonyms:
Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
• Substance Meronyms:
animal tissue
• Part Meronyms:
head, caput, face

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, zoology
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  vegetation, flora, botany