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.
A warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, females that secrete milk for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young. Example sentences.1  It provides the growing young with everything it wants, and only mammals produce milk.2  The domestic animal is the first mammal known to die of the disease in Europe. 3  The male feeds the female while she incubates, catching small mammals and birds and bringing them back to the nest.xample sentences. 1  It provides the growing young with everything it wants, and only mammals produce milk. 2  The domestic animal is the first mammal known to die of the disease in Europe. 3  The male feeds the female while she incubates, catching small mammals and birds and bringing them back to the nest.