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defaunate

defaunate verb: to remove the animals from.

Verb

defaunate (third-person singular simple present defaunates, present participle defaunating, simple past and past participle defaunated)

  1. (transitive) To remove the animals from.

defaunate meaning in Tamil

defaunate in Tamil

விலங்கின அழிப்பு, விலங்கு ஒழிப்பு

Forms of defaunate

third-person singular presentdefaunates
present participledefaunating
past participledefaunated
pastdefaunated

Origin of defaunate

From de- + fauna + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about defaunate

What does defaunate mean?
Defaunate means to remove the animals from.
What is defaunate in Tamil?
Defaunate in Tamil is விலங்கின அழிப்பு, விலங்கு ஒழிப்பு. See Defaunate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is defaunate?
Defaunate is a verb.
What is the past tense of defaunate?
The past tense of defaunate is defaunated.

Words near defaunate in the dictionary

  1. defaultist
  2. defaultists
  3. defaultless
  4. defaultly
  5. defaults
  6. defaunate
  7. defaunated
  8. defaunates
  9. defaunating
  10. defaunation
  11. defaunations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defaunate (page history and authors); defaunate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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