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
  • Wallaby tickDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace's Deepwater mayflyDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace's flying foxDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace's golden birdwingDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace's hawk-eagleDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace's owlet-nightjarDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace's pike cichlidDeep Cut85points
  • Wallace’s wren warblerDeep Cut85points
  • Wallacea bluebottleDeep Cut85points
  • Wallacean CuckooshrikeDeep Cut85points
  • Wallacean gray flying foxDeep Cut85points
  • Waller's ladybeetle spiderDeep Cut85points
  • Walleye pollockDeep Cut85points
  • Walleye surfperchDeep Cut85points
  • Wallich's owl mothDeep Cut85points
  • Walnut spanworm mothDeep Cut85points
  • Walpole burrowing crayfishDeep Cut85points
  • Walsingham's grass tubeworm mothDeep Cut85points
  • Walter Verheyen's African dormouseDeep Cut85points
  • Walter's toadfishDeep Cut85points
  • Waltz's small minnow mayflyDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering crayfishDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering deer flyDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering donkey AcraeaDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering net-tube caddisflyDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering percher dragonflyDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering shadeflyDeep Cut85points
  • Wandering tiger mothDeep Cut85points
  • Wang's forest hedgehogDeep Cut85points
  • Wanieso lizardfishDeep Cut85points
  • Waorani dog-faced batDeep Cut85points
  • Warbler rainfrogDeep Cut85points
  • Warbler-billed tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Warbler-finchDeep Cut85points
  • Warbler-like sunbirdDeep Cut85points
  • Warbler-tanagerDeep Cut85points
  • Warbling antbirdDeep Cut85points
  • Ward's flycatcherDeep Cut85points
  • Ward's horseheadDeep Cut85points
  • Warm springs pupfishDeep Cut85points
  • Waroona cuckoo beeDeep Cut85points
  • Warpaint mudbugDeep Cut85points
  • Warragul burrowing crayfishDeep Cut85points
  • Warrior catfishDeep Cut85points
  • Warsaw butterflyDeep Cut85points
  • Warsaw forestflyDeep Cut85points
  • Warthog flounderDeep Cut85points
  • Warthog louseDeep Cut85points
  • Warty frog shellDeep Cut85points
  • Warty jellyfishDeep 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