microfauna

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

microinfauna microinvertebrate microbenthos micronism microorganism microform minim microlife microfossil ultramicrobacterium

Often followed by

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Word family

microfaunae microfaunal microfaunas