fauna
noun /ˈfɔːnə/
/ˈfɔːnə/
[uncountable, countable]- all the animals living in an area or in a particular period of history
(某地区或某时期的)动物群,动物区系 - the local flora and fauna (= plants and animals)
当地动植物群 - (specialist) land and marine faunas
陆地和海洋动物区系
词源late 18th cent.: modern Latin application of Fauna, the name of a rural goddess, sister of Faunus. - the local flora and fauna (= plants and animals)