Fauna

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 38

fawn′a, n. animals collectively, or those of a particular country, or of a particular geological period:— pl. Faun′æ , Faun′as .— n. Faun , a Roman rural deity, protector of shepherds.— adj. Faun′al .— n. Faun′ist , one who studies a fauna. [L. faun us , from favēre , fautum , to favour.]