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Portuguese
Etymology
From fofo (“cute”) + fauna.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -awnɐ
- Hyphenation: fo‧fo‧fau‧na
Noun
fofofauna f (usually uncountable, plural fofofaunas)
- (Brazil, chiefly university slang) charismatic megafauna
- Synonym: megafauna carismática
2019 December 17, Alan Deivid Pereira, Diego Azevedo Zoccal Garcia, Mário Luis Orsi, “A “fofofauna” esconde perigos: mamíferos invasores no Brasil”, in Revista Bioika, 4 edition, →ISSN: , Belém: Delta Publicidade:O analista ambiental do Ibama, Roberto Cabral, explica que “fofofauna” é um tipo de apelido — até utilizado em um tom mais cômico — para o termo técnico “megafauna carismática”: aqueles animais que despertam maior afeto entre as pessoas. Seja por serem mais dóceis ou até mesmo graciosos na aparência. O especialista comenta que a palavra “fofofauna” surgiu em reuniões de biólogos e estudiosos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)]