Birds are a good source for this sort of thing:
King Bird - Peasant Bird
Tailorbird - Cobblerbird, Blacksmithbird, etc
Imperial Shag - Servile Shag
Great Tit - Terrible Tit
Tyrant Flycatchers - Liberal Flycatchers
Magnificent Frigate Bird - Unassuming Dinghy Bird
etc
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I can only hope for an interrobang butterfly
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It’s late so I’m being quiet. This one caused a barely contained snort-laugh.
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Definitely too much free time today.
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teramoths (?)
gigamoths (?)
megamoths (?)
kilomoths (?)
decimoths (?)
centimoths (?)
millimoths (?)
macromoths
micromoths
nanomoths (?)
picomoths (?)
femtomoths (?)
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One could argue that any butterfly or moth with defensive eyespots already utilize the " " emoji
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langzi
September 25, 2021, 1:23pm
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Are these your drawings? They’re great!
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langzi
September 25, 2021, 1:34pm
31
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barnabywalters:
bard owl
my current novel has a monstrous barraid owl. Eats small children for breakfast.
Blacksmith bird as requested for @earthknight
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I had a feeling that at least one of those made up names would turn out to be a real one.
Unfortunately, the Unassuming Dinghy Bird is unlikely to be real.
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That’s boring as in digging, so the opposite would be, what… building? Building Tiny Clam? Stacks Upward Like In Minecraft Tiny Clam?
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Oyster Drill
Oyster Emergency
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jansson
September 25, 2021, 7:12pm
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Haha, I like the badass sparrow.
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After all, if chemists can predict the existence and properties of new elements based on the periodic table, I see no reason why we shouldn’t be able to predict new Plovers and their properties with a similarly organised table
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