MudWings

MudWing by Joy Ang

### Names come from

Earth, swamps, animals/plants that reside in swamps, shades of brown, diamonds and minerals, synonyms of swamps.

### Continent

Pyrrhia

**MudWings**, also known as swamp dragons or mud dragons to humans, are a Pyrrhian dragon tribe that reside in the Mud Kingdom. They are currently ruled by Queen Moorhen.

MudWing names generally relate to the earth, swamps, and the things that reside there (such as Reed, Crane, Pheasant, Sora, Moorhen, and Cattail) or shades of brown (such as Umber, Sepia, and Ochre). Sometimes they can also be named after types of diamonds or minerals (such as Asha). Synonyms of swamps or swampy areas are also used as names (such as Marsh, Swamp, and Bog).

## Male MudWing Names

* Acorn
* Alluvium **(Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain)**
* Argile **(Also known as argile verte, or green clay, a type of clay known for it's healing benefits)**
* Arrowhead **(A plant that grows in shallow water and bogs)**
* Badger
* Bass
* Basswood **(As in the Basswood Tree, or Tilia Americana)**
* Beaksedge
* Billabong **(A branch of a river that doesn't lead to a body of water, or a place where a body of water used to be)**
* Bittern **(A species of bird that lives in marshes)**
* Bluejoint **(Also known as reedgrass and pinegrass, a species of grass that grown in wet areas)**
* Bobcat **(A Medium sized wild cat with tufted ears)**
* Bogbean
* Bole **(A kind of reddish brown clay, often used as an underlayer before applying gold leaf)**
* Bramble
* Buck **(The name for male deer)**
* Bullhead **(A type of catfish)**
* Boulder
* Buff **(A yellowish-beige color and an synonym of strong)**
* Bulrush **(Also known as Raupo, a plant very similar to the cattail that lives near freshwater)**
* Buttonbush **(Also known as honey-bells, a flower that grows in wet areas)**
* Canvasback **(A species of diving duck)**
* Carrao **(Also called Limpkin, and Courlan, a large wading bird related to cranes)**
* Clumpy
* Coffee **(A light brown color, like that of milky coffee)**
* Conch **(A tropical marine mollusk with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip)**
* Constrictor **(As in the Boa Constrictor which are noted to be in the MudWing swamps)**
* Coot **(Duck-sized water birds that are all black with white beaks)**
* Cordgrass **(Also known as Spartina, a type of grass found in coastal salt-marshes)**
* Cormorant
* Cottongrass
* Courlan **(Also known as Carrao, and Limpkin, a large wading bird related to cranes)**
* Coyote
* Crawdad
* Crawfish
* Crayfish
* Creek **(A narrow waterway)**
* Curlew **(A wading bird)**
* Cypress **(An evergreen coniferous tree with small woody cones and flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves)**
* Darter **(Also known as the Anhinga or Snakebird, large and slender waterbirds)**
* Dreck **(German for mud)**
* Earthquake
* Estuary **(Tidal entrance of large river)**
* Fen **(A type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water)**
* Flood
* Flytrap
* Frog
* Frogbit **(Also known as spongeplant, a floating aquatic plant)**
* Fulvous
* Fungus
* Gadwall **(A freshwater duck)**
* Gallinule **(A marshbird of the rail family, with mainly black, purplish-blue, or dark green plumage and a red bill)**
* Gator
* Geyser
* Glop **(Any gooey substance)**
* Godwit **(A kind of wading bird)**
* Goosander **(Also known as the Common Merganser, a type of seaduck)**
* Goose
* Grebe **(A waterbird that has strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes)**
* Grouse **(A group of birds very similar to pheasants)**
* Gum **(A viscous secretion of some trees and shrubs that hardens on drying but is soluble in water, and from which adhesives and other products are made)**
* Hamerkop **(A wading bird)**
* Hickory **(A shade of brown)**
* Hippo
* Hornwort **(An aquatic plant that keeps waters clean)**
* Horsetail **(A plant with a hollow jointed stem which bears whorls of narrow leaves, producing spores in cones at the tips of the shoots)**
* Kingbird **(As in the Eastern Kingbird, a swamp bird)**
* Knotweed **(Also known as Smartweed, flower that usually grows in moist areas)**
* Limpkin **(Also called Carrao, and Courlan, a large wading bird related to cranes)**
* Landslide
* Mahogany **(Hard reddish-brown timber from a tropical tree, used for quality furniture and a rich reddish-brown colour)**
* Maggot
* Marabou **(A genus of storks)**
* Marestail **(Also known as horseweed, a broadleaf plant)**
* Moisture **(That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid)**
* Moose
* Morass **(An area of muddy or boggy ground)**
* Mosquito **(More of a HiveWing name. So good for a Mud/Hive hybrid)**
* Muskeg **(A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation)**
* Quag **(A swampy or boggy place**
* Okefenokee **(A Choctaw word that means "trembling earth")**
* Opossum
* Panther
* Peat **(A brown deposit resembling soil, formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in the wet acidic conditions of bogs and fens)**
* Peat Bog **(A bog covered in peat)**
* Pecan **(A shade of brown)**
* Pickleweed **(Also known as Glasswort or Marsh Samphire, a common succulent found in saltmarshes)**
* Pinegrass **(Also known as reedgrass and bluejoint, a species of grass that grown in wet areas)**
* Platypus
* Raccoon
* Raupo **(Also known as bulrush, a plant very similar to the cattail that lives near freshwater)**
* Redshank **(Long-billed migratory wading bird. Also a species of moss)**
* Reedgrass **(Also known as bluejoint and pinegrass, a species of grass that grown in wet areas)**
* Rail **(A family of terrestrial semi-aquatic birds)**
* Root
* Sanderling **(A small wading bird)**
* Sedge **(Grass-like plant in swamps)**
* Shelduck
* Shoal
* Sink
* Slough **(A wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake)**
* Sludge
* Slug
* Smartweed **(Also known as Knotweed, flower that usually grows in moist areas)**
* Smew **(A species of diving duck)**
* Snipe **(A genus of wading birds)**
* Spatterdock **(A species of water lily)**
* Sphagnum **(A moss that grows in bogs)**
* Splodge
* Spoonbill **(Large, long-legged wading bird)**
* Stem
* Stickleback **(A fish that lives in swamps)**
* Stoat **(A mammal related to ferrets)**
* Stork
* Stump
* Squash
* Squirt
* Swale **(A synonym for the swamp)**
* Tadpole
* Tectonic **(As in tectonic plates)**
* Toad
* Terrafirma **(Solid land)**
* Terrapin **(A species of turtle that inhabits salt marshes and estuaries)**
* Tupelo **(A North American and Asian tree of damp and swampy habitats, which yields useful timber)**
* Wade **(To walk in water)**
* Wader **(Birds that hunt by walking through water to catch fish, like flamingos and storks)**
* Walnut **(A shade of brown as well as an edible seed of a drupe)**
* Waterweed
* Wenge **(A reddish shade of brown)**
* Wigeon **(A waterbird)**
* Woundwort **(A hairy Eurasian plant resembling a dead-nettle, formerly used in the treatment of wounds)**

## Female MudWing Names

* Almond
* Amber **(Hard translucent fossilized resin produced by extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in color)**
* Amphibia
* Aster **(A plant of the daisy family that has bright rayed flowers, typically of purple or pink)**
* Autumn
* Bhumi **(A Hindu goddess who is the personification of the earth)**
* Briar **(Any of a number of prickly scrambling shrubs, especially the sweetbrier and other wild roses)**
* Brooklime **(A Eurasian speedwell with smooth fleshy leaves and deep blue flowers on long stalks. It grows in wet areas, where the stems take root or float in the water)**
* Brunette **(A shade of brown, commonly used to describe the color of hair)**
* Bugle **(A creeping Eurasian plant of the mint family, with blue flowers held on upright stems)**
* Caramel **(A shade of brown)**
* Carolina **(After North and South Carolina, two states in the USA)**
* Cherry
* Chikyu **(Japanese for Earth)**
* Copper
* Copper Iris **(Also known as the Copper fulva, a species of deep red flowers)**
* Delta **(A triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets)**
* Demeter **(Greek goddess of the harvest)**
* Demmoiselle **(As in the demmoiselle crane)**
* Dew
* Doe **(A female deer)**
* Dotterel **(Wading bird)**
* Dragonfly
* Drizzle
* Dryad **(A Greek tree nymph)**
* Elodea
* Fawn **(A baby deer)**
* Fen **(A low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land)**
* Fern
* Gaia **(Greek goddess of earth)**
* Glade **(An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest)**
* Goose
* Haze
* Hazelnut
* Henna **(A rich reddish-brown color and also one of the oldest dyes in the world)**
* Honey-Bell **(Also known as buttonbush, a flower that grows in wet areas)**
* Iris **(A plant with showy flowers, typically of purple or yellow, and sword-shaped leaves. Irises are native to both Eurasia and North America and widely cultivated as ornamentals)**
* Jacana **(A small wading bird that walk on lilypads)**
* Jewelweed **(A orange flower that us known to cure poison ivy)**
* Kaolin **(Also known as Kaolinite, a white clay mineral)**
* Kobicha **(An orange-brown color; It is one of the Japanese traditional colors that has been in use since 660 AD in the form of various dyes used in designing kimono)**
* Leech **(An aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends, many species of which are bloodsucking parasites)**
* Lilypad
* Lotus
* Marimo **(A rare form of algae)**
* Meadowsweet **(Tall Eurasian plant of the rose family, with heads of creamy-white sweet-smelling flowers, growing typically in damp meadows)**
* Mist
* Mocha **(A shade of brown)**
* Monsoon **(A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the *wet monsoon*), or from the northeast between October and April (the *dry monsoon*)**
* Mossy
* Mousy **(A dull light brown color)**
* Myrtle **(An evergreen shrub that grows in swampy areas)**
* Naiad **(A genus of aquatic plants)**
* Ottelia **(A genus of an aquatic plant)**
* Panther **(A leopard, usually black ones)**
* Plover **(A wading bird that lives in mountains)**
* Pottery
* Paru **(The Maori word for mud)**
* Rosewood **(A tree that grows in swamps, forests and grasslands)**
* Rana **(The Latin word for frog)**
* Salina **(Another word for a salt marsh)**
* Salvinia **(A floating fern)**
* Shore
* Sienna **(A shade of brown)**
* Softshell **(A type of turtle with a squishy shell)**
* Sorrel **(A type of plant that grows near swamps and forests)**
* Summersweet **(A flowering plant that can grow in swampy woodlands and marshes)**
* Sunfish
* Swamphen **(As in the Western Swamphen, a bird which lives near freshwater swamps)**
* Sparrow
* Spartina **(Also know as Cordgrass, a type of grass found in coastal salt-marshes)**
* Swamp Lily
* Swan
* Tawny **(An orange-brown or yellowish-brown color)**
* Terra **(Th e Roman earth goddess)**
* Terracotta **(A reddish-brown color or a clay-based ceramic material)**
* Tiger's Eye **(A brown-and-black gemstone)**
* Waterlily
* Whimbrel **(A small wading bird)**
* Wollfia **(A genus of aquatic plants that include the smallest flowers on earth)**

## MudWing Names for Any Gender

* Agami **(A medium-sized heron)**
* Alder **(A shade of brown and a tree that grows in swamps)**
* Algae
* Auburn **(A reddish-brown color)**
* Babirusa **(A pig-like animal native to the rainforest swamps on some Indonesian islands)**
* Bank
* Barro **(Spanish for mud and clay)**
* Beaver **(A rodent that lives in rivers, as well as a shade of brown)**
* Beige **(A pale sandy fawn color)**
* Berry
* Bistre **(A shade of brown)**
* Blackgum **(A tree of the eastern United States** **with light and soft but tough wood)**
* Brittlegill **(A type of mushroom that are usually found in swamps)**
* Bronze
* Brown
* Boscage **(A mass of trees or shrubs)**
* Cacao **(A brown color like that of cacao powder)**
* Caiman **(A semiaquatic reptile similar to the alligator but with a heavily armored belly, native to tropical America)**
* Cane **(As in sugarcane)**
* Catfish **(A type of fish that usually lives near swampy areas)**
* Cedar **(A shade of brown)**
* Chamotte **(Same as grog)**
* Chestnut
* Chipmunk **(A small animal, normally brown or black)**
* Chocolate **(A deep shade of brown)**
* Cinnamon
* Citrus
* Coot **(A duck)**
* Cranberry
* Cyperus **(The first part of the scientific name for papyrus, called *Cyperus Papyrus*)**
* Cygnus **(A genus of swans)**
* Daub **(A blemish made by dirt)**
* Deer
* Didelphis **(A genus of opossums)**
* Draggle **(Something dirty or wet)**
* Duck
* Duckweed
* Dunlin **(A small wading bird)**
* Earthquake
* Ecru **(A light shade of brown)**
* Evergreen
* Everglade
* Fir
* Finch
* Fog
* Gallinule **(Any of several aquatic birds of the rail family with long thin feet and a platelike frontal area on the head)**
* Gastropod **(The family snails and slugs are in)**
* Geyser
* Glasswort **(Also known as "Pickleweed" or "Marsh Samphire ", a common succulent found in saltmarshes)**
* Goldeneye **(A medium-sized sea duck)**
* Gravel
* Horsetail **(A common herb that can be found near streams)**
* Heron
* Ibis
* Jabiru **(A type of stork)**
* Lemming **(A tiny rodent that sometimes live in bogs)**
* Lichen **(Symbiosis of algae and fungi. They can be varied in shape and color, they can be found on soil, stones, tree bark)**
* Loosestrife **(Tall plants which bear upright spikes of flowers and grow by water and in wet ground)**
* Lutum **(Latin for mud)**
* Mallard
* Mangabey **(A monkey that lives in African swamps and has webbing between its fingers to make it easier to swim)**
* Mire **(A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)**
* Moor
* Moss
* Muck **(Another word for mud)**
* Mudflow **(A fluid or hardened stream or avalanche of mud)**
* Mudslide **(A mass of mud and other earthy material that is falling or has fallen down a hillside or other slope)**
* Mudpuppy **(A completely aquatic salamander that lives in lakes, ponds, and rivers)**
* Mudskipper **(A group of amphibious fish that hop on land)**
* Muskrat **(Stocky, broad rodents that make burrows in the banks of waterways)**
* Nutria **(A beaver-like rodent, also known as a Coypu)**
* Ooze **(Soft mud or slime. It can also mean to move or pass slowly or gradually)**
* Olm **(Long amphibians that are similar to axolotls)**
* Otter
* Pileated **(As in the Pileated Woodpecker, a type of woodpecker that can live in swamps)**
* Pocosin **(Another name for a wetland or marsh)**
* Podzol **(A type of soil)**
* Polder **(An area of ground reclaimed from a lake by means of dikes)**
* Pond
* Pondweed **(A plant that is found in freshwater)**
* Porcelain **(A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials)**
* Phragmites **(Another name for the common reed)**
* Puddle
* Quagmire **(A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot)**Quokka **(A marsupial that lives in wetlands and swamps)**
* Ruff **(A wading bird that migrates to many parts of the world)**
* Rail **(A secretive bird with drab grey and brown plumage, typically having a long bill and found in dense waterside vegetation)**
* Rat
* Ratsnake **(A type of non-venomous snake that can live in wetlands and marshes)**
* Russet **(A shade of brown)**
* Salamander **(An amphibian that is lizard-like, with a long body and tail as well as short limbs)**
* Shale **(A fine-grained, sedimentary rock formed as a result of the compaction of clay, silt, mud and organic matter)**
* Shoebill **(An enormous bird that lives in the swamps and wetlands of Central and East Africa)**
* Silt **(Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake)**
* Sitatunga **(A brown or greyish antelope with splayed hooves and, in the male, spiral horns)**
* Slosh
* Snake
* Snakebird **(Also known as the Anhinga or Darter, large and slender waterbirds)**
* Splatter
* Spongeplant **(Also known as frogbits, floating aquatic plants)**
* Stick
* Squelch
* Squish
* Swamp
* Tadpole
* Tango **(Mud from thermal springs in Italy, used in curative treatment at spas and health farms)**
* Toad
* Toadstool **(Another name for a mushroom)**
* Truffle **(The fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus)**
* Twig
* Warbler **(Like a reed warbler. These birds dont swim but they tend to water bodies)**
* Watersnake **(A type of snake that lives near fresh water bodies)**
* Watersplash **(A shallow ford in a stream)**
* Wetland
* Woodpecker
* Yacare **(A species of caiman)**

## Gallery

Official MudWing art my Joy AngClay on the cover of The Dragonet ProphecyOfficial MudWing art from the German versions of the books by Max MeinzoidMoorhen depicted in A Guide to the Dragon WorldColored MudWing by Joy Ang