Name an animal named after another animal (like seahorse)

October 9, 2026 · Daily Dive #86

Explore 22,916 recorded answers and their points for question 2 on October 9, 2026.

Dated record7 questions · 27,841 recorded answers

22,916 recorded names on October 9, 2026, 22,400 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Look for compound or descriptive animal names that borrow a different creature's name, often because of a shared shape, colour, sound or habit. The animal's own common name must contain or be taken from another animal's name; the two creatures do not need to be related.

22,916 recorded answers22,400 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion2100 pts
  • Deep Cut22,39885 pts
  • Rare47760 pts
  • Schooler3230 pts
  • Plankton710 pts
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Recorded answers

22,916 recorded answers

Get a hint

Look for compound or descriptive animal names that borrow a different creature's name, often because of a shared shape, colour, sound or habit.

A little more

The animal's own common name must contain or be taken from another animal's name; the two creatures do not need to be related.

Spelling clue

A recorded 100-point answer begins with “B” and contains 7 letters or digits, excluding spaces and punctuation.

Reveal answers 22,916
  • Round-Backed CockroachDeep Cut85points
  • Round-eared elephant-shrewDeep Cut85points
  • Round-headed Worm LizardDeep Cut85points
  • Round-marked grass webwormDeep Cut85points
  • Round-Spot GoatfishDeep Cut85points
  • Round-tail alligator garfishDeep Cut85points
  • Round-Tailed MuskratDeep Cut85points
  • Round-Tailed Worm SalamanderDeep Cut85points
  • Round-tubercled cat-eyed toadDeep Cut85points
  • Roundbelly cowfishDeep Cut85points
  • Rounded PorcupinefishDeep Cut85points
  • Rounded-thorax tiger beetleDeep Cut85points
  • Roundel batfishDeep Cut85points
  • Roundfinned SquirrelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Roundhead parrotfishDeep Cut85points
  • Roundsnout sea catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Roundtail duckbillDeep Cut85points
  • Roux-Estève's Worm SnakeDeep Cut85points
  • Rover fireflyDeep Cut85points
  • Roving coralgrouperDeep Cut85points
  • Rowan ermineDeep Cut85points
  • Royal catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Royal farlowella catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Royal flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Royal ParrotfinchDeep Cut85points
  • Royal snowflyDeep Cut85points
  • Royal starfishDeep Cut85points
  • Royal Syarinid pseudoscorpionDeep Cut85points
  • Royal tiger beetleDeep Cut85points
  • Royal tigertailDeep Cut85points
  • Royal-Diadem Temperate Asian CoralsnakeDeep Cut85points
  • Roze's Worm LizardDeep Cut85points
  • Ruanda mole ratDeep Cut85points
  • Rubber eelDeep Cut85points
  • Rubicundus eelgobyDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby cardinalfishDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby DragonetDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby meadowhawkDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby SeadragonDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby SquirrelfishDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby tigerDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby-patched swallowtailDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby-ridge donkeyface weevilDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby-spotted swallowtailDeep Cut85points
  • Ruby-tailed cuckoo waspDeep Cut85points
  • Rubyspot cardinalfishDeep Cut85points
  • Rubytailed hawkletDeep Cut85points
  • Rück's blue flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Rudd's mole ratDeep Cut85points
  • Ruddy cuckoo-doveDeep Cut85points
Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 9 Oct, 10:25 UTC

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