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macrofauna

macrofauna noun: any large animal that is not quite large enough to be considered megafauna, but larger than microfauna. Some include larger species of insects and annelids in this group.

Noun

macrofauna (plural macrofaunae or macrofaunas)

  1. Any large animal that is not quite large enough to be considered megafauna, but larger than microfauna. Some include larger species of insects and annelids in this group.

macrofauna meaning in Tamil

macrofauna in Tamil

பெருமாவடை, பெருவிலங்குகள்

Forms of macrofauna

pluralmacrofaunae
pluralmacrofaunas

Origin of macrofauna

From macro- + fauna.

Words formed from macrofauna

Questions about macrofauna

What does macrofauna mean?
Macrofauna means any large animal that is not quite large enough to be considered megafauna, but larger than microfauna. Some include larger species of insects and annelids in this group.
What is macrofauna in Tamil?
Macrofauna in Tamil is பெருமாவடை, பெருவிலங்குகள். See Macrofauna meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is macrofauna?
Macrofauna is a noun.
What is the plural of macrofauna?
The plural of macrofauna is macrofaunae.

Words near macrofauna in the dictionary

  1. macroevolutionists
  2. macroevolutions
  3. macroevolutive
  4. macrofamilies
  5. macrofamily
  6. macrofauna
  7. macrofaunae
  8. macrofaunal
  9. macrofaunas
  10. macrofeature
  11. macrofeatures

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: macrofauna (page history and authors); macrofauna (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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