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fauna

[faw-nuh] / ˈfɔ nə /


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In the 1960s, Molina and his friends began calling their neighborhood “Frog Town” after the local fauna in the nearby L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

He's concerned about how long it will take for flora and fauna to return.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

"We believe this was a major driver for the evolutionary diversification of birds and other fauna in the North Island."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

But the fauna turn out not to be as cuddly as they appear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

None but a few extremely remote islands escaped man’s notice until the modern age, and these islands kept their fauna intact.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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