Faun (?), n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom.
Myth.) A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr.
The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.
Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan.
Milton.
Fau"na (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zoˆl.) The animals of
any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent
fauna.
Fau"nal (?), a. Relating to fauna.
Fau"nist (?), n. One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist.
Gilbert White.
||Fau"nus (?), n.;pl. Fauni (#). [L.] (Myth.) See Faun.
Fau"sen (?), n. [Cf. W. llysowen eel, ll sounding in Welsh almost like
fl.] (Zoˆl.) A young eel. [Prov. Eng.]
||Fausse`-braye" (?), n. [F. fausse- braie.] (Mil.) A second rampart,
||exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably
||below its level.
||Fau`teuil" (?), n. [F. See Faldistory.] 1. An armchair; hence
||(because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in
||the French Academy.