megafauna
noun
megafauna is spelled M-E-G-A-F-A-U-N-A: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megafauna means “The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megafauna is megafaunas.
How many letters and syllables are in megafauna?
| Letters | 9: M-E-G-A-F-A-U-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is megafauna?
Megafauna appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of megafauna
- megafaunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megafauna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
- 2
A treatise on such a group of large animals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megafauna in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense large animals:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does megafauna come from?
From mega- + fauna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).