fauna and flora

A form of flora and fauna — Plants and animals living in a place or area.

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Meanings

nounfauna and flora pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of flora and fauna.

    This book provides an impressive picture of international legal protection of wild fauna and flora.

    1997, Heijnsbergen, P. van, International legal protection of wild fauna and flora, page n18
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    At the 1973 Plenipotentiary Conference in Washington, D.C., that drafted the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), several taxa were listed under incorrect names.

    1989, Crocodilian, tuatara, and turtle species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference, page n20

    Any body or agency technically qualified in the protection, conservation or management of wild fauna and flora and their habitats, and belonging to one of the following categories:

    1992, European Economic Community, European Community environment legislation, page 83
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