[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: targhoroj (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Monday, March 16, 2026

Klingon word: targhoroj
Part of speech: noun
Definition: crab
Source: qep'a' 28 [2021]
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(qep'a' 2021):  One of several  crab-like animals found on Qo'noS

(Lieven, 11/01/2015):  Marc told me [at qepHom 2015] the following, said with my own words: First, a {ghotI'} is a true fish, the animal that children would draw if they hear the word "fish". A {bIQDep} covers most animals that live in the sea. Marc gave as possible examples "dolphins, whales, fish, octopus" but he said it's not used for shrimps or even smaller animals like water bugs. When asked for a seal, he said that a seal or a sealion does not really live IN the water, so that's probably not a {bIQDep}.  Every {ghotI'} is a {bIQDep}, but not every {bIQDep} is a {ghotI'}. 

PUN:
"Does {targhoroj}, a crab-like Klingon animal, come from taking the word {targh} and spelling Joro backwards? Since it's sort of like a {targh} (rough-skinned and bumpy) and sort of like a Joro spider (arthropodous)?"  (James Landau, 5/29/2023)

SEE ALSO:
pIpyuS 		pipius (n)
DuHSum 	lobster (n)
reqwer 		shrimp (n)

pach 		claw (n)
nagh DIr 	shell (of an animal) (n)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons