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What's the word to cover all animals above microscopic level?

04-08-2017 02:26AM

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Victor

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As "animal" has the connotation of covering only mammals, reptiles and amphibians, what's the best word to cover all animals above microscopic level? Birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, but also insects, arachnids, gastropoda, etc.

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#2 05-08-2017 07:10PM

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Perhaps fauna ?

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#3 05-08-2017 07:35PM

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Macroorganisms?

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#4 05-08-2017 07:42PM

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Macroscopic organisms?

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#5 05-08-2017 09:54PM

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Apologies, I mean a 'non-scientific' name, e.g. "living creatures".

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#6 06-08-2017 08:33PM

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Fauna's reasonably non-scientific sure

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