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Definition: Avifauna |
AvifaunaNoun1. The birds of a particular region or period. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Avifauna \A`vi*fau"na\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression avis bird English fauna.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Avifauna |
| Non-English Usage: "Avifauna" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (avifauna), Portuguese (avifauna, bird fauna), Serbo-Croatian (avifauna). |
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| "Avifauna" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Avifauna" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
avifauna | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "avifauna"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | faunë e zogjve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | птиците на дадена страна, птиците на дадена област. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | avifauna (bird fauna), vogelwereld (birds), vogelfauna (bird fauna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرندگان یک ناحیه , کلیه مرغان یک سرزمین . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | avifauna (bird fauna), linnusto (bird fauna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avifaune, faune avienne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vogelwelt (bird fauna), Vogelfauna (bird fauna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πτηνοπανίδα (bird fauna), ορνιθοπανίδα (bird fauna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | madárvilág. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dunia burung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | avifauna (bird fauna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avifaunaay avifauna (bird fauna). (various references) птичья фауна. (various references) avifauna, ptice određenog podneblja. (various references) avifauna (bird fauna), fauna aviar (bird fauna). (various references) fågelfauna (bird fauna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "avifauna": avifaunae, avifaunal, avifaunas. (additional references) | |
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"Avifauna" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avifaunas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "avifauna" (pronounced 'A`vi*fau"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, Krishna, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna, Madonna. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-f-i-n-u-v" | |
-3 letters: avian, fauna. | |
-4 letters: fain, faun, fava, naif, unai, vain, vina. | |
-5 letters: ain, ana, ani, ava, fan, fin, fun, van, vau, via. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-f-i-n-u-v" | |
+1 letter: avifaunae, avifaunal, avifaunas. | |
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