Thank, I didn’t know about this one. (https://klingon.wiki/En/NewWordsQepa30) “[anteater, sloth, armadillo] These are, of course, Terran animals. There is, however, a Klingon creature that more or less looks like an armadillo (though not so much like the others) called a {tlhuHtuch}.” From: James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 2:07 PM There's also the other armadillo-like animal, the *tlhuHtuch*.
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(Alice p.238-39): As it turns out, there's a Klingon animal that does roll itself up into a ball when in danger (that is, it pretends to be dead or inanimate or something). It's called a {woSwa'}. There's also a bug that does the same thing, and it's called a {woSwa' ghew}, suggesting that the rolling-up characteristic of the {woSwa'} is one of its defining features.
(Lieven, 12/01/2021): In the original version, Alice plays a round of Croquet with hedgehogs as balls. In the Klingon version, those are {woSwa'mey}, animals that can roll up to balls, but they are not hedgehogs. They are more like armadillos. The discussion about this word came when I tried to distinguish the mouse from the hedgehogs. I first thought of using {Qa'Hom} for the mouse, but then realized that a) a titmouse is not a mouse, and b) according to KCD, it looks like a hedgehog. As this might have caused confusion, Maltz told me about the {woSwa'} and the {lIS'ab}.
SEE: Qoqe' croquet (Earth game) (n) (Klingon Alice) neSngech dormouse-like animal (n) (Klingon Alice) lIS'ab rodent (n) - "This animal is more rat-sized than mouse-sized, but a {vIghro'} might well chase it. Its face kind of resembles that of a bat (though a bat is not a rodent)." [qep'a' 2021]