The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AVIFAUNA
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More clues leading to the result AVIFAUNA
- Lusty creature in a Roman street for local birds
- The local birds stripped David Stubbs; nothing whatsoever covered!
- Puck, lusty creature, into female birds in the area
- A very intriguing fact, as Uruguay’s national airline leads all the fliers around
- Area 51 forNorth America’s flyers in a particular zone
- Local birds start to attack six local animals
- A very important fact about unusual native animals: just tips for birds
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The straight part
We know that "local birds" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case local birds = avifauna.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does AVIFAUNA mean?
AVIFAUNA noun- The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.