MICROFAUNA


Meaning of MICROFAUNA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmī-krō-ˈfȯ-nə, -ˈfä- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1895

1. : minute animals ; especially : those invisible to the naked eye

the soil microfauna

2. : a small or strictly localized fauna (as of a microenvironment)

• mi·cro·fau·nal -ˈfȯ-n ə l, -ˈfä- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.