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faunally

faunally adverb: with regard to the fauna of a region.

Adverb

faunally (not comparable)

  1. With regard to the fauna of a region.
    • In the vicinity of Santa Rosalía, however, the Pliocene sediments may be divided lithologically and faunally into three formations, separated by unconformities and representing the lower, middle, and upper Pliocene respectively, and the relation of these formations to the type Salada is unknown.1949, Donald E. White, B: Antimony Deposits of Soyatal District, State of Queretaro, Mexico, in Bulletin 960: Geologic Investigations in the American Republics, 1947, US Geological Survey, page 190
    • The parallel development of the once-contiguous Cambro-Ordovician successions provides a framework in which to place the faunally barren strata of the Durness Group.2002, R. G. Park, A. D. Stewart, D. T. Wright, “3: The Hebridean terrane”, in N. H. Trewin, editor, The Geology of Scotland, 4th edition, The Geological Society of London, page 80

Origin of faunally

From faunal + -ly.

Questions about faunally

What does faunally mean?
Faunally means with regard to the fauna of a region.
What part of speech is faunally?
Faunally is an adverb.

Words near faunally in the dictionary

  1. faunachrons
  2. faunae
  3. faunal
  4. faunal assemblage
  5. faunal assemblages
  6. faunally
  7. faunalturbation
  8. faunalturbations
  9. faunas
  10. faunated
  11. Faunce

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