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faunal

faunal adjective: pertaining to a faun or fauns.

Adjective (1)

faunal (comparative more faunal, superlative most faunal)

  1. (rare) Pertaining to a faun or fauns.
    • I am caught in this burning scene. Pan's hour, the faunal noon.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 48

Adjective (2)

faunal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the fauna of a given region or time.

Forms of faunal

comparativemore faunal
superlativemost faunal

Origin of faunal

From faun + -al.

From fauna (“animals”) + -al.

Words formed from faunal

Phrases with faunal

Questions about faunal

What does faunal mean?
Faunal means pertaining to a faun or fauns.
What part of speech is faunal?
Faunal is an adjective.

Words near faunal in the dictionary

  1. fauna
  2. fauna and flora
  3. faunachron
  4. faunachrons
  5. faunae
  6. faunal
  7. faunal assemblage
  8. faunal assemblages
  9. faunally
  10. faunalturbation
  11. faunalturbations

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