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27 November 2006

"Sheep" has two e's and "hedgehog" has two h's, two e's, and two g's. Give me an animal name that has some letter occuring at least three times.
post by: Wolfdog at: 10:20 | 35 comments
Alpaca!
posted by LunaticFringe 27 November | 10:22
Woo woo kitty!
posted by danostuporstar 27 November | 10:23
Seussadon. Oh, wait. I keep forgetting all the 'animals' in the Outback are really plants.
posted by Eideteker 27 November | 10:28
Ooh, alpaca is very good. Thank you. If anybody has any more, I'd still like to have 'em.
posted by Wolfdog 27 November | 10:29
Capybara - so cute.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 10:29
Aardvark and Anaconda too.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 10:30
Salamander. Hmm maybe I'll think of one that doesn't have three As in it.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 10:31
Does it have to be a one word answer? Because something like Madagascar Hissing Cockroach has four Cs and three Ss and 5 As. So, just cockroach would have three Cs.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 10:34
All the Cs are in proper place, however.
posted by danostuporstar 27 November | 10:35
Oh, how many Is are in idiot?
posted by danostuporstar 27 November | 10:35
It doesn't have to be anything; I'm just looking for examples I can use for multinomial enumeration problems. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach should be interesting.
posted by Wolfdog 27 November | 10:36
Bonobo
posted by krix 27 November | 10:37
Here's a good list of animals.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 10:38
Centipede.
posted by grabbingsand 27 November | 10:39
(From ico's link) "Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat" has A E I O U and sometimes Y in it.
posted by danostuporstar 27 November | 10:43
Boll weevil.
posted by initapplette 27 November | 10:45
tarantula
posted by sciurus 27 November | 10:46
pusssy cat
posted by item 27 November | 10:58
Sheeeps. Elephents.
posted by TheDonF 27 November | 11:02
hippopotamus

(it's fun to say, too...)
posted by Pips 27 November | 11:04
Hippopotamus! The canonical example. Why could I not think of that?
posted by Wolfdog 27 November | 11:07
Why is hippopotamus the canonical example?

Don't forget Kangarooos.
posted by iconomy 27 November | 11:21
mamarmoset

kookookabura

mudpuppie
posted by ethylene 27 November | 11:28
On MonkeyFilter, they have a link to Potoroos...
posted by blackkar 27 November | 11:29
From the dog world:
Lhasa Apso
any kind of Terrier (Kerry Blue Terrier = 5 r's!)
also any kind of Retriever (Chesapeake Bay Retriever ftw!)
posted by ufez 27 November | 11:30
i waited over an hour for someone to do that one, puppies.
similarly, crawdaddies.
posted by ethylene 27 November | 11:33
- Cockroach
- Chupacabra
- Mammoth
posted by Daniel Charms 27 November | 11:43
Reindeer.
posted by agropyron 27 November | 11:49
(speaking of animals, I just went outside for a cigarette and a man passed by who was bald on top, but had a long greying ponytail the exact color of the fur collar of his coat. From the back it looked like he was being neck-humped by a big squirrel)
posted by jonmc 27 November | 11:52
Humu­humu­nuku­nuku­āpuaʻa.
posted by agropyron 27 November | 11:52
weretable

(Also, lots of Hawaiian animals)
posted by box 27 November | 11:55
bumble bee
posted by Specklet 27 November | 12:35
grumblebee
posted by knave 27 November | 12:44
Geese.
posted by Triode 27 November | 13:03
Blue-footed booby
Common Goldeneye (duck)
Purple Gallinule (marsh bird)
Chihuahuan Raven
posted by redvixen 28 November | 11:24
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