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Wildlife vs Fauna - What's the difference?

wildlife | fauna |

As a noun wildlife

is animals living and plants growing in their natural environment.

As a proper noun fauna is

(roman god) the goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of faunus.

wildlife

English

Noun

(wikipedia wildlife) (-)
  • animals living and plants growing in their natural environment
  • (slang) members of a college fraternity
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    fauna

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
  • (countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.

    • Derived terms

    * aquafauna * epifauna * faunal * infauna * macrofauna * megafauna * meiofauna * mesofauna * microfauna

    Coordinate terms

    * flora