LADY DEDLOCK'S CHRISTMAS QUIZ — ROUND 5

The Latin name for a puffin is Fratercula.

Puffins that you see in the UK are Fratercula arctica

Baby puffins are called pufflings, delightfully.

Natrix natrix I mean, of course.

For some reason, matrix matrix suggests a snake to me.

My DH was a Latin teacher so I could ask him.

But from the French I would guess that

9. Anguilla Anguilla is an eel.

8. Pica pica is a magpie, I agree and am pretty sure about that.

The puffin one must be a puffin. Oh no, I see it isn't. So what's the Latin name for a puffin then?

Vulpes is a fox, I hope. And martes I would also guess is a marten.

Thanks for setting them Lady but I feel very stupid! 🙃

Ah, okay! Thank you.
I’ve enjoyed your quizzes, so thank you again!

FannyCornforth

(3) Meles meles is a badger.

I know vulpes is a fox, pipistrell a bat, and guessed that martes is a pine marten.

I don’t even know what a shearwater is!

How on Earth are you going to score these LadyH?

I'm not, Fanny Cornforth! It's not meant to be a competitive exercise. When the answers are revealed I hope all those who took part will get some kudos from what they worked out together.

(3) Meles meles is a badger.

I know vulpes is a fox, pipistrell a bat, and guessed that martes is a pine marten.

I don’t even know what a shearwater is!

How on Earth are you going to score these LadyH?

I think Bufo bufo is a toad.

Hopeless again, unless 10 is a bat. People think I am good at quizzes but Lady D has me beat.

4 Puffin, 5 Wolf, 10 Bat.

All I know is pica pica is a magpie....I think

Pica pica is a magpie.
Martes martes is a pine marten
Vulpes vulpes must be a fox, hence vulpine

And there’s no justice in a world in which puffinus puffinus isn’t a puffin. It’s a shearwater.

I think 10 is a 🦇 bat.