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| A small, defenseless creature with a long snout. They were believed to be extinct until one was discovered in Kivas Fajo's collection in 2366. (TNG: The Most Toys) |
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| Insects that are native to the marshlands on the Talaxian moon Rinax. They can grow as large as six centimenters long, and Talaxians find them very annoying. (VOY: Macrocosm) |
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| Term for various species of Earth moths and butterflies that burrow tunnels in the leaves of the plants in which they live. (TNG: All Good Things...) |
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 | Lingta |  |
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| A Klingon game animal. Klingon males from the Mekro'vak region traditionally bring a leg of lingta to the first courtship dinner. (DS9: Looking for par'March in All the Wrong Places) |
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| Xenexian animal. A female lirga is a sow. (ST: New Frontier: No Limits: D'ndai of Calhoun: A Lady of Xenex by Peg Robinson) |
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The Lyssarian desert larvae are used in medical treatments. Its epidermal layer secretes a viral suppressant that can be used as a salve for cuts and bruises. When implanted with DNA from another species, it replicates that species life cycle at a rapidly accelerated rate, creating a mimetic simbiot. (ENT: Similitude)
Contributed by: Clare Bradley |
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