Mirad Thesaurus/Fauna

= Fauna =
 * The names of animals in Mirad all contain the letters p, meaning mobile, and end in the letter t for creature. The ordinal vowel in the stem relates to a geophysical domain, such as air, water, land, or combinations of these.


 * Note the following details from the above chart:
 * Stems of all flying creatures (except reptiles) end in -at
 * Stems of birds of prey or raptors end in -yat.
 * Stems of aquatic birds end in -iat.
 * Stem of flying insects end in -lat.
 * Stems of all land animals and non-flying insects end in -ot or -et.
 * Wild land animals end in -yot.
 * Less wild land animals end in -ot.
 * Less wild aquatic land animals end in -iot.
 * Domesticated land animals end in -et.
 * Non-flying reptiles end in -yet.
 * Flying reptiles end in -ayet.
 * Amphibians or batrachians end in -iyet.
 * Marsuplials end in -let.
 * Non-flying insects end in -elt.
 * Worms end in -eyet.
 * All sea and river creatures end in -it, especially fish proper.
 * Game or predatory fish end in -yit.
 * Crustaceans or shellfish end in -iit.
 * Marine mammals end in -eit.
 * Mollusks end in -yeit.
 * The feminine counterpart of animals is derived by following the last stem vowel with -y-.
 * The offspring of an animal is derived by suffixing -ud to the stem.
 * A small version of an animal is derved by suffixing -og to the stem.
 * A pet version of an animal is derived by suffixing -if to the stem.