faunist

fauna +‎ -ist

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːnɪst/

faunist (plural faunists)

1. One who describes the fauna of a country.
   • 189, Gilbert White, Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

     SOME future faunist, a man of fortune, will, I hope, extend his visits to the kingdom of Ireland; a new field, and a country little known to the naturalist

“faunist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Faustin, fiaunts, fustian, infaust

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• IPA^(key): /fɑu̯ˈnɪst/
• Hyphenation: fau‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

faunist m (plural faunisten)

1. faunist, zoologist (especially of a particular era or region)