Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as avifauna.

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Examples

  • Nevertheless few people who have not actually been in both localities are able to realise the startlingly abrupt transformation of the bird-fauna seen by one who passes from the plains to the hills.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • I obtained the skins of ninety-two species only; but small as this collection was, it proved an important addition to the knowledge of the bird-fauna of Nicaragua.

    The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

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