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defaunations

defaunations is the plural of defaunation.

Meaning of defaunation

Noun

defaunation (countable and uncountable, plural defaunations)

  1. The loss of animals from a habitat
    • For this reason, the symbolic dimensions of defaunation can be of direct relevance to any initiative aiming for sustainable wildlife management and biodiversity conservation in areas inhabited by hunter-gatherers (Franzen 2005; Lu 2001).2016, Victoria Reyes-García, Aili Pyhälä, Hunter-gatherers in a Changing World, Springer, →ISBN, page 79

Questions about defaunations

What is defaunations the plural of?
Defaunations is the plural of defaunation.

Words near defaunations in the dictionary

  1. defaunate
  2. defaunated
  3. defaunates
  4. defaunating
  5. defaunation
  6. defaunations
  7. DeFazio
  8. Defazios
  9. DEFCON
  10. defeasance
  11. defeasanced

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