Hypernyms (float is a kind of...): artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of float): bob; bobber; bobfloat; cork (a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line) chip (a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line)
Fauna can refer to the animal life or classification of animals of a certain region, time period, or environment. Fauna is also of Latin origin. In Roman Mythology Fauna was the sister of Faunus, a good spirit of the forest and plains.
Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products. 2. Botany.