Post by Elena on Dec 12, 2008 20:16:13 GMT -5
All credit goes to Kurali, Wren, Sun, Summer, and Ebony for making this. Some of the meanings are debatable, but you should be able to get some inspiration from this. (:
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Colours
Amber - "The yellowish-brown color of resin." --- Amberpelt.
Auburn - "A reddish-brown or golden-brown color." --- Auburntail.
Black - The color black. --- Blackclaw.
Blue - The color blue. --- Bluefang.
Brown - The color brown. --- Brownstripe.
Golden - "Bright or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow." --- Goldenleaf.
Ginger - "A yellowish or reddish brown." --- Gingerspot.
Gray - The color gray. --- Graycloud.
Red - The color red. --- Redfoot.
Russet - "Yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown." --- Russet-tooth.
Sable - "Very dark; the color black." --- Sablepelt.
Silver - The color silver. --- Silverclaw.
Slate - "A dull, dark bluish gray." --- Slatefur.
Tawny - "Of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color." --- Tawnystripe.
White - The color white. --- Whitefeather.
Yellow - The color yellow. --- Yellowbird.
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Patterns
Brindle/d - "Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring." --- Brindlestripe.
Dapple/d - "Rounded patches of a color or shade against a differently colored background." --- Dappledfur.
Mottle/d - "To mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade." --- Mottledpelt.
Speckle/d - "A small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin." --- Speckledfoot.
Spotted - "Marked with or characterized by a spot or spots." --- Spottedface.
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Birds
Bittern - To represent the color brown; often brown tabbies. --- Bitternwing.
Buzzard - To represent dark colors; often black or dark browns. --- Buzzardclaw.
Crow - To represent the color black. --- Crowflight.
Dove - To represent light colors, often grays, silvers, or creams. --- Dovefeather.
Duck - To represent a variety--often white mixtures with browns. --- Duckfur.
Eagle - To represent dark colors, black, browns or dark golds. --- Eagleclaw.
Finch - To represent light browns or golds. --- Finchfeather.
Falcon - To represent dark colors, black, browns, or grays. --- Falconstripe.
Goose - To represent white. --- Goosepelt.
Grouse - To represent a variety of browns, often for tabbies. --- Grouseflight.
Hawk - To represent dark browns, often for tabbies. --- Hawkstripe.
Heron - To represent light colors, often whites, silvers, or grays. --- Heronwing.
Jay - To represent blue-grays. --- Jayfeather.
Kestrel - To represent silvers or browns, or a mixture of as torties. --- Kestrelclaw.
Lark - To represent a variety, silvers or browns, most often tabbies. --- Larkpelt.
Osprey - To represent black and white, or white cats with other spotting. --- Ospreyflight.
Owl - To represent, most often, dark browns. --- Owleye.
Pigeon - To represent grays or creams. --- Pigeonfur.
Quail - To represent a variety, silvers or browns. --- Quailstripe.
Raven - To represent black. Ravenwing.
Robin - To represent light browns. Robinpelt.
Rook - To represent black. --- Rooktail.
Sparrow - To represent light browns. --- Sparrowclaw.
Swallow - To represent dark colors, often black or grays. --- Swallowflight.
Swan - To represent white. --- Swanfur.
Swift - To represent black. --- Swiftfilght.
Tern - To represent white or a mixture of white and black. --- Ternclaw.
Thrush - To represent light browns or tabbies. --- Thrushwing.
Wren - To represent light browns or tabbies. --- Wrenstripe.
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Mammals
Badger - To represent black, or mixture of black and white. --- Badgerstripe.
Bat - To represent black. --- Batfur.
Deer - To represent light browns. --- Deerpelt.
Fawn - To represent light browns. --- Fawnspot.
Fox - To represent ginger or reds. --- Foxfur.
Hare - To represent browns. --- Hareflight.
Mole - To represent browns or grays. --- Moleface.
Mouse - To represent browns or grays. --- Mousefur.
Otter - To represent dark browns or black. --- Otterclaw.
Shrew - To represent browns. --- Shrewfang.
Squirrel - To represent browns or gingers. --- Squirrelpelt.
Rabbit - To represent browns. --- Rabbit-tail.
Rat - To represent browns or grays. --- Ratwhisker.
Vole - To represent browns. --- Voletooth.
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Plants + Trees
Alder -
Ash - To represent grays. --- Ashfoot.
Beech - To represent light browns. --- Beechclaw.
Birch - To represent white or silvers. --- Birchpelt.
Bracken - To represent dark browns. --- Brackentail.
Bramble - To represent dark browns. --- Bramblefur.
Cherry - To represent dark reds. --- Cherrypelt.
Daisy - To represent whites. --- Daisyfur.
Elm - To represent browns. --- Elmstripe.
Fern - To represent grays or browns. --- Fernshadow.
Gorse - To represent goldens or browns. --- Gorseclaw.
Grass -
Hazel - To represent browns. --- Hazelface.
Heather - To represent blue-grays. --- Heatherpelt.
Holly - To represent grays or browns. --- Hollythorn.
Juniper - To represent grays or blue-grays. --- Juniperface.
Ivy - To represent a cat with stripes. --- Ivystripe.
Lichen - To represent blue-grays or grays. --- Lichenfur.
Lily - To represent soft colors, white, pale gingers. --- Lilypelt.
Mallow - To represent rosy gingers. --- Mallowstripe.
Maple - To represent browns and goldens. --- Mapleclaw.
Mint - To represent soft silvers or white. --- Mint-tail.
Moss - To represent blue-grays. --- Mossfur.
Nettle - To represent whites or gingers.
Oak - To represent dark browns. --- Oakclaw.
Poppy - To represent tortoiseshells or gingers. --- Poppyspot.
Reed - To represent tallness or black. --- Reedstripe.
Rose - To represent creams. --- Rosetail.
Rowan - To represent reddish browns. --- Rowanstripe.
Sage - To represent blue-grays. --- Sagefur.
Sedge - To represent long fur. --- Sedgepelt.
Sorrel - To represent goldens or light browns. --- Sorrelspot.
Spruce - To represent browns or pale colours.
Tansy - To reprsent pale ginger or goldens.
Thistle - To represent browns, generally, but also blue-grays.
Willow - To represent blue-grays or silvers. --- Willowtail.
Yarrow - To reprsent golden tabbies or whites. --- Yarrowtail.
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Weather
Breeze - To represent soft grays or blue-grays. --- Breezeclaw.
Cloud - To represent white. --- Cloudfur.
Fog - To represent gray or silvers. --- Fogtail.
Frost/ed - To represent white. --- Frostfang.
Hail - To represent white. --- Hailstripe.
Ice/y - To represent white --- Iceclaw..
Lightning - To represent golden. --- Lightningstripe.
Mist/y - To represent silver, gray, or whites. --- Mistywhisker.
Rain - To represent blue-grays. --- Raincloud.
Sky - To represent blue-grays or whites. --- Skypelt.
Snow - To represent white. --- Snowfur.
Storm - To represent dark gray. --- Stormclaw.
Thunder - To represent dark colours. --- Thunderclaw..
Wind/y - To represent light grays. --- Windstripe.
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General Nouns
Ash - To represent gray. --- Ashclaw.
Bark - To represent brown. --- Barkpelt.
Branch - To represent brown. --- Branchtail.
Cinder - To represent dark gray. --- Cinderfoot.
Down/y - To represent noticeably soft kit-fur, or any number of colours. --- Downyfur.
Dust - To represent brown or gray. --- Dustclaw.
Ember - To represent a tortie as a mixture of black and ginger. --- Embertail.
Fire - To represent dark ginger. --- Firepelt.
Honey - To represent golden. --- Honeyspot.
Leaf - To represent any number of colours (dying leaves). --- Leafstripe.
Mud - To represent dark brown. --- Mudstripe.
Pebble - To represent brown or gray. --- Pebblefur.
Sand - To represent light ginger or cream. --- Sandclaw.
Shade - To represent dark gray or black. --- Shadepelt.
Shadow - To represent black. --- Shadowstripe.
Seed - To represent light colours like tan. --- Seedfur.
Smoke - To represent gray. --- Smokefang.
Soot - To represent black. --- Sootface.
Stone - To represent gray or brown. --- Stonepelt.
Swamp - To represent dark, murky colours. --- Swamptail.
Thorn - To represent brown. --- Thornclaw.
Rock - To represent gray or brown. --- Rockfur.
Root - To represent browns or whites. --- Rootfur.
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Adjectives
Bright - To represent light colors, silver, white, cream. --- Brightwhisker.
Dark - To represent dark colors, black, brown, gray. --- Darktail.
Light - To represent light colors, silver, white, cream. --- Lightfur.
Little - To represent a small kitten. --- Littlestream.
Long - To represent a kitten with long features. --- Longpelt.
Milky - To represent white. --- Milkyfoot.
Pale - To represent pale colors, silver, white, cream. --- Paleface.
Small - To represent a small kitten. --- Smallcloud.
Short - To represent a small kitten. --- Shortstep.
Tall - To represent a kitten with long features. --- Tallstep.
Tiny - To represent a small kitten. --- Tinyleaf.
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Insects + Reptiles + Amphibians
Adder - To represent dark browns. --- Adderfang.
Frog - To represent neutral colours. --- Frogspot.
Lizard - To represent neutral colours. --- Lizardstripe.
Minnow - To represent silvers. --- Minnowpelt.
Moth - To represent light colors. --- Mothclaw.
Newt - To represent browns or gingers. --- Newt-tail.
Snake - To represent dark or neutral colours. --- Snakefang.
Spider - To represent dark colors. --- Spiderstripe.
Toad - To represent browns. --- Toadspot.
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Times of Day
Dawn - To represent a mixture of light colors. --- Dawncloud.
Dusk - To represent a mixture of dark colors. --- Duskcloud.
Morning - To represent a mixture of light colors. --- Morningcloud.
Night - To represent black. --- Nightstripe.
Colours
Amber - "The yellowish-brown color of resin." --- Amberpelt.
Auburn - "A reddish-brown or golden-brown color." --- Auburntail.
Black - The color black. --- Blackclaw.
Blue - The color blue. --- Bluefang.
Brown - The color brown. --- Brownstripe.
Golden - "Bright or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow." --- Goldenleaf.
Ginger - "A yellowish or reddish brown." --- Gingerspot.
Gray - The color gray. --- Graycloud.
Red - The color red. --- Redfoot.
Russet - "Yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown." --- Russet-tooth.
Sable - "Very dark; the color black." --- Sablepelt.
Silver - The color silver. --- Silverclaw.
Slate - "A dull, dark bluish gray." --- Slatefur.
Tawny - "Of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color." --- Tawnystripe.
White - The color white. --- Whitefeather.
Yellow - The color yellow. --- Yellowbird.
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Patterns
Brindle/d - "Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring." --- Brindlestripe.
Dapple/d - "Rounded patches of a color or shade against a differently colored background." --- Dappledfur.
Mottle/d - "To mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade." --- Mottledpelt.
Speckle/d - "A small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin." --- Speckledfoot.
Spotted - "Marked with or characterized by a spot or spots." --- Spottedface.
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Birds
Bittern - To represent the color brown; often brown tabbies. --- Bitternwing.
Buzzard - To represent dark colors; often black or dark browns. --- Buzzardclaw.
Crow - To represent the color black. --- Crowflight.
Dove - To represent light colors, often grays, silvers, or creams. --- Dovefeather.
Duck - To represent a variety--often white mixtures with browns. --- Duckfur.
Eagle - To represent dark colors, black, browns or dark golds. --- Eagleclaw.
Finch - To represent light browns or golds. --- Finchfeather.
Falcon - To represent dark colors, black, browns, or grays. --- Falconstripe.
Goose - To represent white. --- Goosepelt.
Grouse - To represent a variety of browns, often for tabbies. --- Grouseflight.
Hawk - To represent dark browns, often for tabbies. --- Hawkstripe.
Heron - To represent light colors, often whites, silvers, or grays. --- Heronwing.
Jay - To represent blue-grays. --- Jayfeather.
Kestrel - To represent silvers or browns, or a mixture of as torties. --- Kestrelclaw.
Lark - To represent a variety, silvers or browns, most often tabbies. --- Larkpelt.
Osprey - To represent black and white, or white cats with other spotting. --- Ospreyflight.
Owl - To represent, most often, dark browns. --- Owleye.
Pigeon - To represent grays or creams. --- Pigeonfur.
Quail - To represent a variety, silvers or browns. --- Quailstripe.
Raven - To represent black. Ravenwing.
Robin - To represent light browns. Robinpelt.
Rook - To represent black. --- Rooktail.
Sparrow - To represent light browns. --- Sparrowclaw.
Swallow - To represent dark colors, often black or grays. --- Swallowflight.
Swan - To represent white. --- Swanfur.
Swift - To represent black. --- Swiftfilght.
Tern - To represent white or a mixture of white and black. --- Ternclaw.
Thrush - To represent light browns or tabbies. --- Thrushwing.
Wren - To represent light browns or tabbies. --- Wrenstripe.
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Mammals
Badger - To represent black, or mixture of black and white. --- Badgerstripe.
Bat - To represent black. --- Batfur.
Deer - To represent light browns. --- Deerpelt.
Fawn - To represent light browns. --- Fawnspot.
Fox - To represent ginger or reds. --- Foxfur.
Hare - To represent browns. --- Hareflight.
Mole - To represent browns or grays. --- Moleface.
Mouse - To represent browns or grays. --- Mousefur.
Otter - To represent dark browns or black. --- Otterclaw.
Shrew - To represent browns. --- Shrewfang.
Squirrel - To represent browns or gingers. --- Squirrelpelt.
Rabbit - To represent browns. --- Rabbit-tail.
Rat - To represent browns or grays. --- Ratwhisker.
Vole - To represent browns. --- Voletooth.
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Plants + Trees
Alder -
Ash - To represent grays. --- Ashfoot.
Beech - To represent light browns. --- Beechclaw.
Birch - To represent white or silvers. --- Birchpelt.
Bracken - To represent dark browns. --- Brackentail.
Bramble - To represent dark browns. --- Bramblefur.
Cherry - To represent dark reds. --- Cherrypelt.
Daisy - To represent whites. --- Daisyfur.
Elm - To represent browns. --- Elmstripe.
Fern - To represent grays or browns. --- Fernshadow.
Gorse - To represent goldens or browns. --- Gorseclaw.
Grass -
Hazel - To represent browns. --- Hazelface.
Heather - To represent blue-grays. --- Heatherpelt.
Holly - To represent grays or browns. --- Hollythorn.
Juniper - To represent grays or blue-grays. --- Juniperface.
Ivy - To represent a cat with stripes. --- Ivystripe.
Lichen - To represent blue-grays or grays. --- Lichenfur.
Lily - To represent soft colors, white, pale gingers. --- Lilypelt.
Mallow - To represent rosy gingers. --- Mallowstripe.
Maple - To represent browns and goldens. --- Mapleclaw.
Mint - To represent soft silvers or white. --- Mint-tail.
Moss - To represent blue-grays. --- Mossfur.
Nettle - To represent whites or gingers.
Oak - To represent dark browns. --- Oakclaw.
Poppy - To represent tortoiseshells or gingers. --- Poppyspot.
Reed - To represent tallness or black. --- Reedstripe.
Rose - To represent creams. --- Rosetail.
Rowan - To represent reddish browns. --- Rowanstripe.
Sage - To represent blue-grays. --- Sagefur.
Sedge - To represent long fur. --- Sedgepelt.
Sorrel - To represent goldens or light browns. --- Sorrelspot.
Spruce - To represent browns or pale colours.
Tansy - To reprsent pale ginger or goldens.
Thistle - To represent browns, generally, but also blue-grays.
Willow - To represent blue-grays or silvers. --- Willowtail.
Yarrow - To reprsent golden tabbies or whites. --- Yarrowtail.
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Weather
Breeze - To represent soft grays or blue-grays. --- Breezeclaw.
Cloud - To represent white. --- Cloudfur.
Fog - To represent gray or silvers. --- Fogtail.
Frost/ed - To represent white. --- Frostfang.
Hail - To represent white. --- Hailstripe.
Ice/y - To represent white --- Iceclaw..
Lightning - To represent golden. --- Lightningstripe.
Mist/y - To represent silver, gray, or whites. --- Mistywhisker.
Rain - To represent blue-grays. --- Raincloud.
Sky - To represent blue-grays or whites. --- Skypelt.
Snow - To represent white. --- Snowfur.
Storm - To represent dark gray. --- Stormclaw.
Thunder - To represent dark colours. --- Thunderclaw..
Wind/y - To represent light grays. --- Windstripe.
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General Nouns
Ash - To represent gray. --- Ashclaw.
Bark - To represent brown. --- Barkpelt.
Branch - To represent brown. --- Branchtail.
Cinder - To represent dark gray. --- Cinderfoot.
Down/y - To represent noticeably soft kit-fur, or any number of colours. --- Downyfur.
Dust - To represent brown or gray. --- Dustclaw.
Ember - To represent a tortie as a mixture of black and ginger. --- Embertail.
Fire - To represent dark ginger. --- Firepelt.
Honey - To represent golden. --- Honeyspot.
Leaf - To represent any number of colours (dying leaves). --- Leafstripe.
Mud - To represent dark brown. --- Mudstripe.
Pebble - To represent brown or gray. --- Pebblefur.
Sand - To represent light ginger or cream. --- Sandclaw.
Shade - To represent dark gray or black. --- Shadepelt.
Shadow - To represent black. --- Shadowstripe.
Seed - To represent light colours like tan. --- Seedfur.
Smoke - To represent gray. --- Smokefang.
Soot - To represent black. --- Sootface.
Stone - To represent gray or brown. --- Stonepelt.
Swamp - To represent dark, murky colours. --- Swamptail.
Thorn - To represent brown. --- Thornclaw.
Rock - To represent gray or brown. --- Rockfur.
Root - To represent browns or whites. --- Rootfur.
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Adjectives
Bright - To represent light colors, silver, white, cream. --- Brightwhisker.
Dark - To represent dark colors, black, brown, gray. --- Darktail.
Light - To represent light colors, silver, white, cream. --- Lightfur.
Little - To represent a small kitten. --- Littlestream.
Long - To represent a kitten with long features. --- Longpelt.
Milky - To represent white. --- Milkyfoot.
Pale - To represent pale colors, silver, white, cream. --- Paleface.
Small - To represent a small kitten. --- Smallcloud.
Short - To represent a small kitten. --- Shortstep.
Tall - To represent a kitten with long features. --- Tallstep.
Tiny - To represent a small kitten. --- Tinyleaf.
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Insects + Reptiles + Amphibians
Adder - To represent dark browns. --- Adderfang.
Frog - To represent neutral colours. --- Frogspot.
Lizard - To represent neutral colours. --- Lizardstripe.
Minnow - To represent silvers. --- Minnowpelt.
Moth - To represent light colors. --- Mothclaw.
Newt - To represent browns or gingers. --- Newt-tail.
Snake - To represent dark or neutral colours. --- Snakefang.
Spider - To represent dark colors. --- Spiderstripe.
Toad - To represent browns. --- Toadspot.
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Times of Day
Dawn - To represent a mixture of light colors. --- Dawncloud.
Dusk - To represent a mixture of dark colors. --- Duskcloud.
Morning - To represent a mixture of light colors. --- Morningcloud.
Night - To represent black. --- Nightstripe.