Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Small macroscopic animals living in soil, such as mites.
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- noun A general term for a group including any
animal ofintermediate size, typicallyinvertebrates , such asbivalves ,arthropods ,insects , andannelids .
Etymologies
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From meso- (medium, intermediate) + -fauna (animals).
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Examples
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Contrasting effects of salamanders on forest-floor macro- and mesofauna in laboratory microcosms.
Archive 2006-01-01 AYDIN 2006
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