faunal

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adjective

Pertaining to a faun or fauns.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English fauna →
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Meanings

faunal1

adjectivefaunal (comparative more faunal, superlative most faunal)

comparative more faunal · superlative most faunal

  1. rarePertaining to a faun or fauns.

    I am caught in this burning scene. Pan's hour, the faunal noon.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 48

faunal2

adjectivefaunal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the fauna of a given region or time.

Origin

faunal · adjective

From faun + -al.

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faunal · adjective

  1. Englishfauna
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishfaunal

From fauna (“animals”) + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Naufal
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APA

faunal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faunal

MLA

“faunal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faunal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “faunal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faunal.

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