: Re: Coming up with names for species in fiction? When you are writing a story that is set in a fantasy world (maybe our world with just one made-up element, or a completely different world), what

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One important aspect of naming creatures is onomatopoeia and ideophone -
the name should give an impression of what the creature is.

For example:

A buruk can sound like a large, powerful, lumbering beast
Fleep may give the impression of a small, flying rodent.

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