avifauna
English edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”)
Noun edit
avifauna (usually uncountable, plural avifaunas or avifaunae)
- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
birdlife — see birdlife
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From avi- + fauna, perhaps borrowed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avifauna f (plural avifauna's)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
avifauna f (plural avifaunas)
Further reading edit
- “avifauna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014