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- noun Dated form of
faun .
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Examples
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In honor of faunus, woods, crops, dancing, merrymaking...with a plonk of snow over top...
Fawning over fauns ScentScelf 2008
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Ah, so the krampus crosses into Switzerland and becomes the schutzli, crosses the Channel and becomes a faunus...it is interesting, isn't it?
Fawning over fauns ScentScelf 2008
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In honor of faunus, woods, crops, dancing, merrymaking...with a plonk of snow over top...
Archive 2008-12-01 ScentScelf 2008
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But, the faunus reminds me of the Austrian horned creature, the krampus, who has his day today.
Fawning over fauns ScentScelf 2008
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I am identifying it as the Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), although I can't quite figure out the difference between the Eastern Comma and the Green Comma (Polygonia faunus).
Archive 2006-03-01 AYDIN 2006
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"In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor 10 nymph, nor faunus, haunted."
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'In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor nymph nor faunus haunted.'
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'In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor nymph nor faunus haunted.'
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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"In a more sacred or sequestered bower ... nor nymph nor faunus haunted."
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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The sensor is sensitive enough to detect this horinea faunus butterfly placed on it.
R&D Mag - News 2010
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