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fauns

Cultural  
  1. The Roman name for satyrs, mythical creatures who were part man and part goat.


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But little actually felt contemporary in this lollipops program of swans and fauns that, musically at least, might have been one of those old-timey Hollywood Bowl “Rhapsody Under the Stars.”

From Los Angeles Times

The deer were fauns who bowed to her over their hooves.

From Literature

It made Jason wonder about the fauns back at Camp Jupiter—whether they could be like that if the Roman demigods expected more from them.

From Literature

A couple of fauns had apparently just been helping it out of its armor.

From Literature

On a technical level, are the fauns are the toughest creature makeup for the actors?

From The Verge