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faunology

faunology noun: the study of fauna.

Noun

faunology (uncountable)

  1. The study of fauna.
    • The scope of the study and the recent achievements of the Institute of Zoology in the field of faunology and ecology of urban areas have been presented in the article.1986, Wojciech Czechowski, Bohdan Pisaarski, Structure of the Fauna of Warsaw, page 3

Origin of faunology

From fauna + -ology.

Questions about faunology

What does faunology mean?
Faunology means the study of fauna.
What part of speech is faunology?
Faunology is a noun.

Words near faunology in the dictionary

  1. faunlet
  2. faunlets
  3. faunlike
  4. faunoiphilia
  5. faunological
  6. faunology
  7. fauns
  8. Fauntleroy
  9. Fauntleroy suit
  10. Fauntleroyesque
  11. Fauntleroyish

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