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Where does “faunal” come from?

Faunal is the adjective form of fauna, from Latin Fauna, the Roman goddess of animals and wife of the god Faunus.

faunal (English): Pertaining to animals; Pertaining to a specific...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to animals; Pertaining to a specific...

Ancestry of “faunal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “faunal”

  • macrofaunal
  • meiofaunal
  • microfaunal
  • faunally
  • herpetofaunal
  • ichthyofaunal
  • paleofaunal
  • mesofaunal
  • nematofaunal
  • palaeofaunal
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