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faun.

A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɔːn/UK/fɔn/US/fɑn/cot-caught-merger
  1. A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

    Roman
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.

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