🇬🇧🇨🇳 fauna - 动物 : English Lesson

Meaning of "fauna" ("动物"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Fauna means all the animals that live in a particular area, habitat, or time period. For example, the fauna of the jungle includes monkeys, snakes, and parrots. Scientists use the word “fauna” to talk about groups of animals in nature, just like they use “flora” to talk about plants. So if you’re exploring a forest, you’re walking through its flora and fauna!

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our backyard fauna includes birds, bugs, and one huntsman spider.

The zoo has amazing fauna—and one flamingo that thinks it’s a tour guide.

I made a list of local fauna and accidentally included my little sister.

I tried to blend in with the fauna, but the squirrels weren’t fooled.

I tried to interview the forest fauna, but the raccoon stole my pencil.

On the riverbank, a boy froze as the morning fauna stirred: ducklings skated, frogs leapt, a fox slipped by. He whispered "fauna" to his sister, who pointed to a heron and beetles in the reeds. They counted the bright fauna, the shy fauna, the loud fauna, smiling as the whole fauna melted into dawn.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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