• Microfauna

    Origin

    From -("small, tiny") + fauna("animals").

    Full definition of microfauna

    Noun

    microfauna

    (plural microfaunae or microfaunas)
    1. The smallest of the faunal size divisions, including mainly microorganisms but also sometimes applied to the tiniest species of animal groups such as ticks, insects, etc.

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