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faunist

/ˈfɔːnɪst/

faunist noun: one who describes the fauna of a country.

Noun

faunist (plural faunists)

  1. One who describes the fauna of a country.
    • SOME future faunist, a man of fortune, will, I hope, extend his visits to the kingdom of Ireland; a new field, and a country little known to the naturalist1789, Gilbert White, Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Forms of faunist

pluralfaunists

Origin of faunist

From fauna + -ist.

Questions about faunist

What does faunist mean?
Faunist means one who describes the fauna of a country.
What part of speech is faunist?
Faunist is a noun.
How do you pronounce faunist?
Faunist is pronounced /ˈfɔːnɪst/.
What is the plural of faunist?
The plural of faunist is faunists.

Words near faunist in the dictionary

  1. faune
  2. faunes
  3. fauni
  4. faunic
  5. faunish
  6. faunist
  7. faunistic
  8. faunistical
  9. faunistically
  10. faunistics
  11. faunists

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