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Wolf spider: Aragog "This species is named after Aragog, the famous fictional spider from “Harry Potter” book series by J.K. Rowling, in a reference to the similarities between this species and the animatronic puppet version of the character used in the film “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, which is actually based on a wolf ...
Goblin – A short and stocky humanoid with black eyes, a domed head and long fingers. [11] Goblins run Gringotts Bank and speak a language known as Gobbledegook. [12] [9] Relations between goblins and wizards have been strained for centuries. [13] The depiction of goblins in Harry Potter has been compared to antisemitic depictions of Jewish ...
The discoverers of this new spider thought it resembled the Sorting Hat of the Harry Potter series, so they named it after Godric Gryffindor, the original owner of the Sorting Hat. [2] E. gryffindori is the most recent and possibly the most well-known of the 21 species of the genus Eriovixia. These spiders reside mostly in the tropical regions ...
Don't be surprised if these spiders yell "Bloody hell, Harry!" Named after two of the mystical characters in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, these insects are bound to have some magical ...
"This species is named after Harry Lime, Welles' character in Carol Reed's movie The Third Man (1949). Calx is a Latin noun in apposition meaning 'lime' (that is, the mineral)." Orsonwelles falstaffius Hormiga, 2002: Spider: John Falstaff, Chimes at Midnight: Orsonwelles iudicium Hormiga, 2002: Spider: The Trial: Iudicium means 'trial' in Latin.
This species was named after Aragog, the fictional spider from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, [4] as it resembled the animatronic puppet version of this character created for the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. [2] Another reason for this eponymy was the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the whole Harry Potter ...
Aname aragog is a species of trapdoor spider in the family Anamidae. It is found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia . The specific epithet is in reference to the spider Aragog in J.K. Rowling 's Harry Potter books.
Spider: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: J. K. Rowling: Aragog was an Acromantula—an enormous, sentient spider capable of speech—who made a unique clicking noise as he moved in search of prey. Hagrid raised him from an egg as a Hogwarts student.