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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Late Latin
Origin: Fauna wife or sister of Faunus; FAUN

fauna

 noun
     
fau‧na [uncountable and countable] technical
HB all the animals living in a particular area or period in history
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