I need help with a name...

[Liltweet_gal]

So for my drawing class, we're working on a "genetic engineering" project where we draw an animal made of five other animals. We also need a latin name in fancy font in the drawing. My animal is-

-head/neck of a giraffe
-body of a zebra
-tail of a rattlesnake
-wings of a hummingbird
-legs of a tarantula

....I have no idea what the name should be, but I kind of want "dragon" to be in there. Any ideas?

Discuss-
-name ideas
-what would you do for this project?
-classifying latin names  

[God-The-RapistV2.0]

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[Sanzoskitsune]

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To the OP, I don't know what name you could use but you might try starting by looking at the latin names for the animals you ARE using and going from there  

[The Dinosaur Next Door]

Drama notwithstanding...
I think you should try to find the Latin names for the animals and corresponding body parts, then try to... meld them together. I mean, obviously that communicates what part of your creation is which animal, and it also has the added effect of lending credibility to your project.

Now, I'd suggest you do the research yourself for integrity's sake, but I think you have a good idea going. Good luck. biggrin  

[Omnileech]

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Liltweet_gal

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:07 pm

So for my drawing class, we're working on a "genetic engineering" project where we draw an animal made of five other animals. We also need a latin name in fancy font in the drawing. My animal is-

-head/neck of a giraffe
-body of a zebra
-tail of a rattlesnake
-wings of a hummingbird
-legs of a tarantula

....I have no idea what the name should be, but I kind of want "dragon" to be in there. Any ideas?

Hmmm It might help to look into what your creature resembles. While dragons take on many shapes and forms, they're usually pretty reptilian.

Let's see you have your

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

Or your

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk

maybe even a

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)

But your idea looks closer to this instead of a dragon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)

While I don't know Latin, what a lot of people looking for ideas when picking a word in a foreign tongue is find one that looks really cool.

http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/latin/latin-dict-full.html

So like invisus might be a good name for an evil monster because the name means hated or hateful.

Still it's your creature and only you know what what personality, history, background, etc. it has. Be creative.  

[wakusei]

Well everyone's already said what I'd suggest, but I'd just like to add that I'm rather interested now to see how your drawing turns out no matter what it's called. So if you have any way of showing it to us when all is said and done in the Creative Crossroads or something, I'd love to see it... smile

I had to do a similar project once with combining animals. Mine was basically all aquatic creatures, though. Sort of dragon-ish in a way, actually....  

[Saverio C.]

Gibrarattlebirdtula is clearly the best name for it.

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Hating Omni isn't inappropriate at all!  

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[Shram]

I am an old ATG member =]

The thread confuses me
The trolls amuse me.
heh...
What the others said in terms of names though I would say just think of a random letter
then make that letter into a name and go with it.
should find a flow... eventually.

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[XxDarkMalicexX]

Salinik would be a good name.
I can't really think of anything else, since I'm not that "in touch" with the Latin language yet.
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[The Dinosaur Next Door]

Ooh, a cool idea would be to translate the names into a language other than Latin... Does it need to be Latin?

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[Matrias Fierno]

Liltweet_gal

-head/neck of a giraffe
-body of a zebra
-tail of a rattlesnake
-wings of a hummingbird
-legs of a tarantula

...
Judging from the animals there, I'd say...
"Weird"
There's a good name. blaugh Just kidding.

I actually like Salinik out of the names suggested.  

[XxDarkMalicexX]

Matrias Fierno

I actually like Salinik out of the names suggested.

Thanks! wink