fauna

Noun
  1. All the animal life in a particular region or period (synset 108009721)
    "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    subtypes: avifauna - the birds of a particular region or period
    member holonym: animal group - a group of animals
    belongs to: biology, biota - all the plant and animal life of a particular region
    same as: zoology
  2. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement (synset 100015568)
    associated with:
    is a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
    subtypes:
    • pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
    • critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
    • creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
    • darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
    • peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
    • homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
    • ectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
    • range animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
    • varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
    • scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
    • work animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
    • domestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
    • feeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
    • migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year
    • molter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
    • pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
    • stayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
    • stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
    • marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
    • female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
    • male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
    • adult - any mature animal
    • offspring, young - any immature animal
    • pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
    • giant - any creature of exceptional size
    • survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity
    • mutant - an animal that has undergone mutation
    • herbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
    • insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insects
    • acrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
    • pleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
    • zooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
    • conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
    • chordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
    • invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
    • metazoan - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
    • omnivore - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
    • predator, predatory animal - any animal that lives by preying on other animals
    • prey, quarry - animal hunted or caught for food
    • game - animal hunted for food or sport
    • hexapod - an animal having six feet
    • biped - an animal with two feet
    • larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
    • racer - an animal that races
    • fictional animal - animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
    • captive - an animal that is confined
    • mate - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
    belongs to: animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
    has:
    • caput, head - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
    • face - the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
    substance holonym: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
    same as: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature

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