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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/29/2017 1:45 PM, mayqel qunenoS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2cJ6i0tg2v6_0zxPaY_zMCp2BfMo0pCnFOU0GaRDcwC37Q@mail.gmail.com"><font
face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.696px">And I liked a
lot the {tera' vIghro'}. I will be using it from now on, in
order to differentiate from the tlhIngan vIghro'.</span></font></blockquote>
<p>That's the classic <i>Star Trek</i> way of naming alien animals.
Call it something from Earth, possibly give it a descriptor, and
stick a planet name in front of it. Aldebaran shellmouth, Alverian
dung beetle, Edosian suckerfish, Rafalian mouse.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Animals">http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Animals</a></p>
<p>So it only makes sense that Klingons do the same in reverse:
everything is compared to a Klingon animal, and you stick a planet
name in front of it. <b>reghuluS 'Iwghargh, DenIb Qatlh. tera'
vIghro'.</b><br>
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<p>Once in a great while the writers will actually come up with a
native word for an animal. Mugato or sehlat, for instance. Pay
attention when you catch one of these; when it first appears it
signals a story worth paying attention to.<br>
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