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
  • SwinepipeDeep Cut85points
  • Swinhoe's chocolate tigerDeep Cut85points
  • Swinhoe's Striated hawkmothDeep Cut85points
  • Swinhoe's temperate Asian coralsnakeDeep Cut85points
  • Swinny's horseshoe batDeep Cut85points
  • Swiss foxDeep Cut85points
  • Swiss guinea pigDeep Cut85points
  • Swissguard bassletDeep Cut85points
  • Swollen crayfishDeep Cut85points
  • Swollen frog shellDeep Cut85points
  • Swollen snowflyDeep Cut85points
  • Swollenclaw mantisDeep Cut85points
  • Swollengut worm eelDeep Cut85points
  • Sword snowflyDeep Cut85points
  • Sword wolf spiderDeep Cut85points
  • Swordfish suckerDeep Cut85points
  • Swordgrass brown butterflyDeep Cut85points
  • Swordtail characinDeep Cut85points
  • Swordtail jawfishDeep Cut85points
  • Swordtail sawflyDeep Cut85points
  • Swynnerton's worm lizardDeep Cut85points
  • Syarinid pseudoscorpionDeep Cut85points
  • Sycamore webworm mothDeep Cut85points
  • Sychr's catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney cardinalfishDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney coralDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney crayfishDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney hawkDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney scorpionfishDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney sea hareDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney seahorseDeep Cut85points
  • Sydney's pygmy pipehorseDeep Cut85points
  • Sylhet common batwingDeep Cut85points
  • Sylvan worm and slug hunterDeep Cut85points
  • Synchronous fireflyDeep Cut85points
  • Synodontis ocellifer catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Syrian bee hawkmothDeep Cut85points
  • Syrian silkwormDeep Cut85points
  • Tabacaru's pill woodlouseDeep Cut85points
  • Table Mountain denticulate stoneflyDeep Cut85points
  • Table Mountain golden baboon spiderDeep Cut85points
  • Table Mountain staglike ground beetleDeep Cut85points
  • Tachira antpittaDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole bladder snailDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole clingfishDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole codDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole codlingDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole coffinfishDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole fishDeep Cut85points
  • Tadpole gobyDeep Cut85points
Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 9 Oct, 10:25 UTC

Names and scores reflect the linked dated reveal. The original game makes the final decision on live acceptance. Editorial policy