Found several more great Lithuanian name equivalents: Harbour seal –sea dog (jūrų šuo); Tarsius – long-heels (ilgakulnis); muskox - sheep ox (avijautis); pikas – squeakers (cypliai); marmots – whistlers (švilpikai); porcupine – spiny rabbit (dygliatriušis) or spiny pig (dygliakiaulė); skuas – robbers (plėšikai); boobies – madcaps (padūkėliai); Phylloscopus – name pečialinda that translates as “the one that climbs into stoves”; robin – little flame (liepsnelė); Anthus- little blacksmith (kalviukas); Lepas anatifera – little sea ducks (jūrų antytės); Aeschnidae – fairies horses (laumžirgiai); Gomphidae – little stream horses (upeliniai žirgeliai); Coenagrionidae – little arrows (strėliukės); Phyllopteryx taeniolatus - long ragamuffin (ilgasis skarmalius); Nomeus gronovii – little sea shepherd (jūrospiemenėlis); Ophioblennius – sea puppies (jūrų šuniukai).
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