[f. FAUN-A + -IST.] One who studies or treats of the fauna of a country or district.
1766. Pennant, Zool. (1768), I. 173. The critical Faunist may possibly censure us.
1813. G. Low, Fauna Orcad., Pref., 10. To assist the young Orkney Faunist in classing.
1851. Fraser’s Mag., XLIII. 253. The male mugil, or grey mullet, was caught as faunists are in the habit of catching male moths, by using the female as a decoy.
