Meaning of My Pets' Names

Yes, I certainly gave my pets some odd names! Wanna know what they mean? Here's your chance. Nearly all of them are Latin, as Latin is my current language of study. Lingua Latina est not mortus; est immortalis. I apologize for any mis-translations, as I do not know many of these words and used William Whitaker's Online Latin Translator. It is my favorite, but harder to understand if you are not a student of Latin. Other scientific name information comes from Wikipedia. Anyway. Here we go.

Aurora: Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, but it is a favorite word of mine, which is why Aurora, my first (real) pet, got the name. I almost named a dog Aurora...

Anura: Anura is actually part Greek, and means tailless. Anura, however, is the scientific order which contains frogs and toads. The Latin word for frog is 'Rana,' but in this case, I liked Anura better.

Cinereus: The scientific name of the koala is P. Cinereus, the P. standing for Phascolarctos, the Greek combination of two words meaning bear and pouch. Cinereus in a Latin word meaning 'ash-colored,' which I think fits a koala well. Perhaps I should give Cinereus a grey-colored costume.

Felicit: Felicit was a pet I created after mistakenly trading away my beloved Feliz, Felix (I did receive Squamata in the end, but...still...I dunno). I named Felicit after Felix, I believe, but I felt the need to mention here that Felix means happy or blessed in Latin. Yay. When I input Felicit into the dictionary, it supposed the word could be a combination between two Latin words: felix and ico, which is a verb meaning 'to strike,' so I'm not sure what this tells me about Felicit. Oh well!

Regibus: Regibus is a Latin word, also. It is a form of the word which means king. This Latin word is more recognizable in its nominative singular form, Rex, as is seen in the name of the dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Squamata: Squamata is also a scientific order of animals, one including snakes and other reptiles. According to Webster's dictionary, it is a "New Latin" word, coming from the "Old Latin" word meaning Squamatus, menaning scale. Coincidentally (or perhaps not), there is a Roman scale armor called Lorica Squamata. Perhaps this means Squamata is destined to be my battle pet. Who knows.

Squamigera: Squamigera is a Latin word meaning scaly. This seems, to me, to be similar in appearance to Squamatus. Perhaps the two words are related.

Vulpini: I have no idea how Vulpini's name came to be...Vulpini turns out to be the name for the scientific tribus which contains many foxes. Who knows...But her name seens to fit her anyway.

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Hmm. I was bored and felt like making another blog-ish thingy. Regibus is up for adoption for anyone who wants him. Just maramail me and tell me to stop taking him to the portal. I want him to be royal or royal-looking before I stop and offer him up to people. It'll match his name, which means 'king' in Latin...or 'of kings' or something. We just had winter break and I've been typing a buncha social studies essays so my brain's kinda fried. Please forgive me. Anyway.

I'm keeping Vulpini for now. Yes, her name means 'fox' and she's a giraffe. I don't care. I left her at a Halloween color so I could get the cool treats for now. You may be able to talk me into giving her up. I'm sure I'll have a ghost costume for Squamata by then, right????

Yup. -Kayleigh2323 aka Leuco