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noun
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
the birds of a particular region or period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fauna, zoology
History
From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).
