forum Naming an animal

Started February 07, 2019 by Deleted user

tune

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If anyone has ideas, tips, tricks, or methods for naming animals/insects/bacteria/etc., I would greatly appreciate your feedback.

Thank you so much for your feedback. Have a lovely rest of your day and good luck with your own writing.

I like to use one or several of the following:
-what they look like/a prominent feature of theirs
-what they do
-where they live
-a person/company important to the discoverer or discovery
-whatever randomly comes to mind
(Looking into scientific naming really takes a lot of pressure about finding the "right" name away lol.) Then appropriately translate into your local language if applicable (I usually skip that though)

Hmm . . . this is very helpful. Thank you. I was really struggling with the naming bit. Have a lovely rest of your day!

I like to put a feature or something into a different language. Like if it has wings, you can name it Volantes. (It’s Latin for flying)