What are some eight-letter animals?

78 of the 898 animals in Icillion have exactly 8 letters, for example Elephant, Goldfish and Mosquito.

Which eight-letter animals start with S?

S is the most common first letter here, with 14 names, such as Sailfish, Scorpion, Seahorse, Shipworm and Shoebill.

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Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 78 animals have exactly 8 letters, from “Aardvark” to “Wolffish”.

78 of the 898 animals have exactly 8 letters (9%).
Most start with S (14), A (8) and M (8).
Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.

What are some eight-letter animals?: 78 of the 898 animals in Icillion have exactly 8 letters, for example Elephant, Goldfish and Mosquito.
Which eight-letter animals start with S?: S is the most common first letter here, with 14 names, such as Sailfish, Scorpion, Seahorse, Shipworm and Shoebill.

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