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Fantasy creature name ideas?

There is a creature in my story that is half human with animal features like retracting claws, ears, tails, ect. But I can't seem to come up with a name for it, I was going for Halfling but then I remembered that Halfling is already used in original content. So please help me on this.

Thanks in advance.
 ElsaFrozen posted over a year ago
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Priminfied said:
A Bi-Species? Weak, I know but it (somewhat) works.

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LoMac said:
The greatest thing about fantasy creatures and characters is that the names of them don't have to make any sense at all. The reader has no frame of reference because you aren't saying to them that this creature is anything other than what you're calling it. I like to just bash my keyboard until a get a grouping of letters that looks like something to me. It literally doesn't matter. You could call it a Poostick but spell it Pustic and people will credit themselves with the connection. Don't really do one that obvious, but you get the point. DamnableChimeraBeast could become Dachast. I personally think Duchast sounds better though, but you could tweak it even further to Duhaust. (sounds to me like a ramstien song lol) So just use your frustration to turn it into something entirely new. It will make your story fresher and more intriguing than trying to use terms that will make sense to everyone. Have some fun with it. HumanTiger: Huger: Too much like hunger(maybe good, is this an evil being?) Hugor: Too much like Hugger. Fugor. That'll do. However the process takes you it will be better than an over thought term that is likely over used. Like Halfling.
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carlie445 said:
How about... Maisoos?
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coolcatsRus123 said:
I once had this problem too, but what I did was ask my friends to tell me a random word, then I put it backwards! It worled pretty well I ended up with elpoep...
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