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fauna
Overview of noun fauna
The noun fauna has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fauna, zoology -- (all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch")
2. animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
=> avifauna
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> pest
=> critter
=> creepy-crawly
=> darter
=> peeper
=> homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm
=> poikilotherm, ectotherm
=> range animal
=> varmint, varment
=> scavenger
=> work animal
=> domestic animal
=> feeder
=> migrator
=> molter, moulter
=> pet
=> stayer
=> stunt
=> marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature
=> female
=> male
=> adult
=> young, offspring
=> thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood
=> giant
=> survivor
=> mutant
=> herbivore
=> insectivore
=> acrodont
=> pleurodont
=> zooplankton
=> embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg
=> chordate
=> invertebrate
=> metazoan
=> omnivore
=> predator, predatory animal
=> prey, quarry
=> game
=> hexapod
=> biped
=> larva
=> racer
=> fictional animal
=> captive
=> mate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
=> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> organism, being
Antonyms of noun fauna
1 of 2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
Antonym of flora (Sense 1)
=>vegetation, flora, botany
Member Holonyms of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
MEMBER OF: biota, biology
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
MEMBER OF: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
Substance Holonyms of noun fauna
Part Holonyms of noun fauna
Member Meronyms of noun fauna
1 of 2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
HAS MEMBER: animal group
Substance Meronyms of noun fauna
1 of 2 senses of fauna
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
HAS SUBSTANCE: animal tissue
Part Meronyms of noun fauna
1 of 2 senses of fauna
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
HAS PART: head, caput
HAS PART: face
Meronyms of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
HAS MEMBER: animal group
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
HAS SUBSTANCE: animal tissue
HAS PART: head, caput
HAS PART: face
Holonyms of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
MEMBER OF: biota, biology
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
MEMBER OF: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
Attributes of noun fauna
Derived Forms of noun fauna
Domain of noun fauna
Domain Terms of noun fauna
1 of 2 senses of fauna
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
TOPIC TERM>(adj) crested#2, topknotted#1, tufted#3
TOPIC TERM>(adj) bone-covered#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) free-swimming#1, unattached#3
TOPIC TERM>(adj) hispid#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) flesh-eating#1, meat-eating#1, zoophagous#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) plant-eating#1, phytophagic#1, phytophagous#1, phytophilous#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) all-devouring#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) insectivorous#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) epizootic#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) adult#1, big#7, full-grown#1, fully grown#1, grown#1, grownup#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) half-blooded#1, half-bred#1, half-breed#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) registered#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) unregistered#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) gregarious#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) social#5
TOPIC TERM>(noun) sacrifice#4, ritual killing#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) trailing#1, tracking#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) microorganism#1, micro-organism#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) actinomycete#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) trap#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) humaneness#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) body#1, organic structure#1, physical structure#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) side#3
TOPIC TERM>(noun) nose#6
TOPIC TERM>(noun) diet#3
TOPIC TERM>(noun) vector#3, transmitter#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) sitter#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) stander#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) wart#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) schistosome dermatitis#1, swimmer's itch#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) bone#2, debone#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) domesticate#3, tame#5
TOPIC TERM>(verb) domesticate#2, domesticize#1, domesticise#1, reclaim#5, tame#4
TOPIC TERM>(verb) drench#2
TOPIC TERM>(verb) crop#4, graze#3, pasture#1
Familiarity of noun fauna
fauna used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
> collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
=> procession
=> pharmacopoeia
=> string
=> wardrobe
=> wardrobe
=> population, universe
=> armamentarium
=> art collection
=> backlog
=> battery
=> block
=> book, rule book
=> book
=> bottle collection
=> bunch, lot, caboodle
=> coin collection
=> collage
=> content
=> ensemble, tout ensemble
=> corpus
=> crop
=> tenantry
=> findings
=> flagging
=> flinders
=> pack
=> hand, deal
=> long suit
=> herbarium
=> stamp collection
=> statuary
=> sum, summation, sum total
=> agglomeration
=> gimmickry
=> nuclear club
=> pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
=> mass
=> combination
=> congregation
=> hit parade
=> Judaica
=> kludge
=> library, program library, subroutine library
=> library
=> mythology
HAS INSTANCE=> Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library
=> biota, biology
=> fauna, zoology
=> petting zoo
=> set
=> Victoriana
=> class, category, family
=> job lot
=> package, bundle, packet, parcel
=> defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers
=> prosecution
=> planting
=> signage
=> generally accepted accounting practices, GAAP
=> pantheon
=> Free World
=> Third World
=> Europe
=> Asia
=> North America
=> Central America
=> South America
=> Oort cloud
=> galaxy
=> galaxy, extragalactic nebula
=> fleet
=> fleet
=> fleet
=> repertoire, repertory
=> repertory, repertoire
=> assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
=> batch, clutch
=> batch
=> rogue's gallery
=> exhibition, exposition, expo
=> convoy
=> traffic
=> aviation, air power
=> vegetation, flora, botany
=> law, jurisprudence
=> menagerie
=> data, information
=> ana
=> mail, post
=> treasure
=> treasure trove
=> trinketry
=> troponymy, troponomy
=> smithereens
HAS INSTANCE=> Wise Men, Magi
HAS INSTANCE=> French West Indies
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
> organism, being
=> benthos
=> heterotroph
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> plant, flora, plant life
=> conspecific
=> carrier
=> denizen
=> amphidiploid
=> diploid
=> haploid
=> heteroploid
=> polyploid
=> animalcule, animalculum
=> microorganism, micro-organism
=> aerobe
=> anaerobe
=> hybrid, crossbreed, cross
=> polymorph
=> relative, congener, congenator, congeneric
=> plankton
=> nekton
=> parasite
=> host
=> commensal
=> myrmecophile
=> eukaryote, eucaryote
=> prokaryote, procaryote
=> zooid
=> clone, clon
=> atavist, throwback
=> individual
=> mascot
=> mutant, mutation, variation, sport
=> postdiluvian
=> sitter
=> stander
=> utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser
=> nonvascular organism
=> relict
=> saprophyte, saprophytic organism
=> saprobe
=> katharobe
Meronyms of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
HAS MEMBER: animal group
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
HAS SUBSTANCE: animal tissue
HAS PART: head, caput
HAS PART: muzzle
HAS PART: snout, neb
HAS PART: ear
HAS PART: vestibule of the ear
HAS PART: eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa
HAS PART: umbo
HAS PART: organ of hearing
HAS PART: fenestra
HAS PART: auricular artery, arteria auricularis
HAS PART: basilar artery, arteria basilaris
HAS PART: brain, encephalon
HAS PART: circle of Willis
HAS PART: communicating artery, arteria communicans
HAS PART: brain cell
HAS PART: neencephalon, neoencephalon
HAS PART: forebrain, prosencephalon
HAS PART: peduncle, cerebral peduncle
HAS PART: corpus callosum
HAS PART: telencephalon
HAS PART: cerebrum
HAS PART: fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis
HAS PART: fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
HAS PART: hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere
HAS PART: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex
HAS PART: Golgi's cell, Golgi cell
HAS PART: cortical area, cortical region
HAS PART: frontal lobe
HAS PART: frontal area, frontal cortex
HAS PART: frontal gyrus
HAS PART: precentral gyrus
HAS PART: prefrontal lobe
HAS PART: parietal lobe
HAS PART: parietal gyrus
HAS PART: postcentral gyrus
HAS PART: occipital lobe
HAS PART: calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure
HAS PART: occipital gyrus
HAS PART: temporal lobe
HAS PART: temporal gyrus
HAS PART: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum
HAS PART: gyrus, convolution
HAS PART: diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
HAS PART: mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
HAS PART: infundibulum
HAS PART: third eye, pineal eye
HAS PART: optic nerve, nervus opticus, second cranial nerve, optic tract
HAS PART: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
HAS PART: hypophyseal stalk
HAS PART: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis
HAS PART: pars distilis, pars anterior
HAS PART: posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
HAS PART: basal ganglion
HAS PART: thalamus
HAS PART: geniculate body
HAS PART: subthalamus
HAS PART: subthalamic nucleus
HAS PART: hypothalamus
HAS PART: midbrain, mesencephalon
HAS PART: substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
HAS PART: superior colliculus
HAS PART: inferior colliculus
HAS PART: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
HAS PART: cerebellum
HAS PART: cerebellar artery, arteria cerebelli
HAS PART: cerebellar hemisphere
HAS PART: dentate nucleus
HAS PART: vermis, vermis cerebelli
HAS PART: paleocerebellum
HAS PART: myelencephalon
HAS PART: brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
HAS PART: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: pons, pons Varolii
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: reticular formation, RF
HAS PART: reticular activating system, RAS
HAS PART: ventricle
HAS PART: spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
HAS PART: skull
HAS PART: craniometric point
HAS PART: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum
HAS PART: jugale, jugal point
HAS PART: zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus
HAS PART: zygomatic process
HAS PART: sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale
HAS PART: crotaphion
HAS PART: pterygoid process
HAS PART: eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
HAS PART: lacrimal bone
HAS PART: endocranium
HAS PART: cranium, braincase, brainpan
HAS PART: asterion
HAS PART: stephanion
HAS PART: ethmoid, ethmoid bone
HAS PART: temporal bone, os temporale
HAS PART: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa
HAS PART: tympanic bone
HAS PART: mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal
HAS PART: mastoidale
HAS PART: styloid process
HAS PART: calvaria, skullcap
HAS PART: frontal bone, os frontale, forehead
HAS PART: glabella, mesophyron
HAS PART: metopion
HAS PART: ophryon
HAS PART: frontal eminence
HAS PART: parietal bone
HAS PART: entomion
HAS PART: sphenion
HAS PART: occipital bone
HAS PART: inion
HAS PART: occipital protuberance
HAS PART: coronal suture, sutura coronalis
HAS PART: frontal suture, sutura frontalis
HAS PART: lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea
HAS PART: occipitomastoid suture
HAS PART: parietomastoid suture
HAS PART: sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis
HAS PART: fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot
HAS PART: foramen magnum
HAS PART: jaw
HAS PART: alveolar arch
HAS PART: alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
HAS PART: tooth socket, alveolus
HAS PART: alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris
HAS PART: vomer
HAS PART: face, human face
HAS PART: beard, face fungus, whiskers
HAS PART: mustache, moustache
HAS PART: mouth
HAS PART: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
HAS PART: dentition, teeth
HAS PART: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper
HAS PART: tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: taste cell, gustatory cell
HAS PART: buccal cavity
HAS PART: gingiva, gum
HAS PART: palate, roof of the mouth
HAS PART: tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: taste cell, gustatory cell
HAS PART: soft palate, velum
HAS PART: uvula
HAS PART: hard palate
HAS PART: salivary gland
HAS PART: saliva, spit, spittle
HAS PART: lip
HAS PART: labial artery, arteria labialis
HAS PART: labial vein, vena labialis
HAS PART: lingual artery, arteria lingualis
HAS PART: lingual vein, vena lingualis
HAS PART: eye, oculus, optic
HAS PART: choroid, choroid coat
HAS PART: ciliary body
HAS PART: eyelid, lid, palpebra
HAS PART: eyelash, lash, cilium
HAS PART: conjunctiva
HAS PART: canthus
HAS PART: epicanthus, epicanthic fold
HAS PART: nictitating membrane, third eyelid
HAS PART: conjunctiva
HAS PART: eyeball, orb
HAS PART: ocular muscle, eye muscle
HAS PART: cornea
HAS PART: uvea
HAS PART: iris
HAS PART: pupil
HAS PART: lens, crystalline lens
HAS PART: lens capsule
HAS PART: central artery of the retina, arteria centralis retinae
HAS PART: ciliary artery, arteria ciliaris
HAS PART: lacrimal artery, arteria lacrimalis
HAS PART: lacrimal vein, vena lacrimalis
HAS PART: lacrimal apparatus
HAS PART: lacrimal gland, lachrymal gland, tear gland
HAS PART: lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct
HAS PART: lacrimal sac, tear sac, dacryocyst
HAS PART: retina
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: fovea, fovea centralis
HAS PART: parafovea
HAS PART: macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot
HAS PART: visual cell
HAS PART: blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
HAS PART: cone, cone cell, retinal cone
HAS PART: iodopsin
HAS PART: rod, rod cell, retinal rod
HAS PART: visual purple, rhodopsin, retinal purple
HAS PART: sclera, sclerotic coat
HAS PART: pupillary sphincter, musculus sphincter pupillae
HAS PART: aperture
HAS PART: eyebrow, brow, supercilium
HAS PART: venae palpebrales
HAS PART: facial vein, vena facialis
HAS PART: facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve
HAS PART: nose, olfactory organ
HAS PART: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal
HAS PART: ethmoidal artery, arteria ethmoidalis
HAS PART: nasal cavity
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: internasal suture, sutura internasalis
HAS PART: bridge
HAS PART: nasal, nasal bone, os nasale
HAS PART: rhinion
HAS PART: nostril, anterior naris
HAS PART: chin, mentum
HAS PART: goatee
HAS PART: feature, lineament
HAS PART: facial muscle
HAS PART: brow, forehead
HAS PART: trichion, crinion
HAS PART: cheek
HAS PART: cheek muscle, buccinator muscle, musculus buccinator
HAS PART: buccal artery, arteria buccalis
HAS PART: jowl
HAS PART: jaw
HAS PART: temple
HAS PART: face
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun fauna
2 senses of fauna
Sense 1
fauna, zoology
MEMBER OF: biota, biology
Sense 2
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
MEMBER OF: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
Grep of noun fauna
avifauna
fauna
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