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A fictional species is one typically imagined by authors. Most fictional species occur in the context of science fiction and fantasy works. Fictional species can also encompass animals described in tall tales (jackalopes), mythology (centaurs) and fairy tales (unicorns).
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| x Kzin |
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The Kzinti (singular Kzin) are a fictional, very warlike and bloodthirsty race of cat-like aliens in Larry Niven's Known Space series.
The kzin were initially introduced in Niven's story "The Warriors" (originally in Worlds of If, 1966) and "The...
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| x Jackalope |
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The jackalope is an imaginary animal of North American folklore (a so-called "fearsome critter") described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant's tail (and often hind legs). The word jackalope is a portmanteau...
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| x Unicorn |
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A unicorn (from Latin unus 'one' and cornu 'horn') is a mythological creature. Though the modern popular image of the unicorn is sometimes that of a horse differing only in the horn on its forehead, the traditional unicorn also has a billy-goat...
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| x Centaur |
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In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi) are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attic vase-paintings, they are depicted with the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's...
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| x Minotaur |
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In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Greek: Μῑνώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Ovid, "part man and part bull." He dwelt at the center of the Cretan...
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| x Fairy |
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A fairy (also fay, fey, faery, faerie; collectively, "fae", wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, and other euphemisms) is a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural...
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| x Siren |
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In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: Σειρήν Seirēn; Greek plural: Σειρῆνες Seirēnes) were three dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses, who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions the...
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| x Merfolk |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, merfolk are a race of humanoids that live underwater. A merfolk has the upper body, arms, and head of a fair-featured human, and instead of legs it has the scaled tail of a great fish.
A merfolk is...
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| x Kraken |
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Kraken (pronounced /ˈkreɪkən/ or /ˈkrɑːkən/) are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelt off the coasts of Norway and Iceland. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the beasts have made them common ocean-dwelling...
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| x Hobbit |
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Hobbits are a fictional diminutive race in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. They are named "Halflings" by most of Middle-earth, and "Periannath" by the Elves.
Hobbits first appeared in the J. R. R. Tolkien novel,...
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| x Elf |
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, an Elf is an individual member of one of the races that inhabit the lands of Arda. They appear in The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings, but their complex history is described in full only in The Silmarillion,...
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| x Dwarf |
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A Dwarf is a creature from Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games. It usually has magical talents, often involving metallurgy.
The original concept of Dwarves is very difficult to determine. Sources have gradually...
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| x Orc |
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In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, orcs are a primitive race of savage, bestial, barbaric humanoid.
The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D; game. The D&D; orc is largely based upon the orcs appearing in the works of...
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| x Kobold |
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The kobold is a sprite of German folklore. Although usually invisible, a kobold can materialise in the form of an animal, fire, a human being, and a mundane object. The most common depictions of kobolds show them as humanlike figures the size of...
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| x Boggart |
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In English folklore, a boggart (or bogart) is a household fairy which causes things to disappear, milk to sour, and dogs to go lame. Always malevolent, the boggart will follow its family wherever they flee. In Northern England, at least, there was...
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| x Goblin |
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, goblins are a very common and fairly weak race of evil humanoid monsters. Goblins and Kobolds are often the first type of non-human monsters that low-level player characters will face. In D&D;,...
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| x Pegasus |
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In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Greek: Πήγασος, Pégasos, 'strong') was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing.
The poet Hesiod connects the...
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| x Gorgon |
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In Greek mythology, the Gorgon (plural: Gorgons) (Greek: Γοργών or Γοργώ Gorgon/Gorgo) was a terrifying female creature. While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of...
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| x Golem |
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In Jewish folklore, a golem(גולם; English pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊləm/ GOH-ləm) is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter. In modern Hebrew the word golem literally means "cocoon," but can also mean "fool," "silly," or even "stupid."...
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| x Titan |
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In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Τιτάν - Ti-tan; plural: Τιτᾶνες - Ti-tânes), were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Their role as Elder Gods was overthrown by a race of younger gods, the Olympians, which...
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| x Chinese dragon |
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Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Turkic dragons. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with...
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| x Dragon |
J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons closely based on those of European legend.
Besides dragon (derived from French), Tolkien variously used the terms drake (the original English term, from Old English draca, in turn from...
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| x Wolpertinger |
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The Wolpertinger (Crisensus bavaricus) (also called "Wolperdinger", "Poontinger" or "Woiperdinger") is a fictional animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria in Germany. It has a body comprised from various animal parts – generally wings,...
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| x Xindi |
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The Xindi is the collective term for six fictional races in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise. They are native to the planet Xindus in a region of space known as the Delphic Expanse. They consist of five separate species...
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| x Andorian |
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Andorians are a fictional race of humanoid extraterrestrials in the Star Trek universe. They are native to the icy M-class moon Andoria (also called Andor), which orbits a blue, ringed gas giant. Definitive traits include their blue skin, a pair of...
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| x Android |
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An android is a robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human. The word derives from ανδρός, the genitive of the Greek ανήρ anēr, meaning "man", and the suffix -eides, used to mean "of the species; alike" (from eidos, "species")....
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| x Augment |
The Augments are a genetically enhanced group of Humans in the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: Enterprise. They are also referred to as supermen.
Augments make their debut in the TOS episode "Space...
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| x Ba'ku |
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The Ba'ku are a fictional race in the movie Star Trek: Insurrection. They are from a planet within the Briar Patch.
The Ba'ku people were a technologically advanced humanoid civilization. In the early 21st century, the race developed the means of...
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| x Bajoran |
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The Bajorans are a fictional extraterrestrial race in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. They were introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series and played an integral part in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series. In their TNG debut...
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| x Benzite |
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Benzites are a humanoid race from the planet Benzar and members of the United Federation of Planets. The Benzites first made their appearance in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Coming of Age.
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| x Betazoid |
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, Betazoids are a sentient humanoid species from the planet Betazed, a member of the United Federation of Planets.
Externally, Betazoids are nearly indistinguishable from humans, the only difference being that the...
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| x Bolian |
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The Bolians are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. They possess blue skin and a small central ridge running from the back of their heads to their noses, discontinuing somewhat around the mouth and then continuing on the chin. Whether...
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| x Borg |
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The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe. Aside from being the main threat in Star Trek: First Contact, the Borg also play major roles in The Next Generation and Voyager television series,...
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| x Cardassian |
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The Cardassians are an extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. Being introduced in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded", the species originating from the fictional Alpha Quadrant planet Cardassia...
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| x Changeling |
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Changelings are an alien race from the Star Trek universe. Members of this race have the ability to shapeshift. The Changelings were introduced in the third season Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode The Search Part 1. Prior to this, Constable Odo,...
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| x El-Aurian |
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El-Aurians (sometimes known as The Race of Listeners) are a humanoid race from the science fiction television show Star Trek. They were first introduced in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the character of Guinan. The species...
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| x Ferengi |
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The Ferengi (pronounced [fɛˈrɛŋɡi]) are a fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe. They first appeared in "The Last Outpost", the fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, during which they made first contact with...
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| x Hirogen |
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The Hirogen are a fictional race in the Star Trek universe. The Hirogen were used as a long running plot device in the Star Trek: Voyager television series, appearing 9 times from season 4 to season 7 of the seven season long show.
Portrayed as a...
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| x Jem'Hadar |
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Jem'Hadar are the shock troops of the powerful Dominion located in the Gamma Quadrant. Conceived as "more than just another fearsome alien", the Deep Space Nine makeup department searched for concepts...
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| x Kazon |
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In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Kazon are a Delta Quadrant race. The Kazon are technologically inferior to the United Federation of Planets as it exists in the twenty-fourth century. The USS Voyager makes the Federation's first contact with...
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| x Klingon |
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Klingons (Klingon: tlhIngan, pronounced [ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn]) are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe. They are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and...
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| x Ocampa |
Ocampa is the fictional home planet of the Ocampa, a fictional race of elf-like humanoids in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager.
Originally surface dwellers and the dominant species of their homeworld, the Ocampa exhibited...
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| x Organian |
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The Organians are a fictional race in the universe of Star Trek. They are one of the most evolved, advanced alien races ever encountered by the crew of the original Enterprise.
The Klingons and the Federation were in dispute over the Klingon Empire...
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| x Pakled |
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A Pakled is a member of a fictional alien race in the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Pakleds are short, stocky humanoids with large bushy eyebrows. They are fairly simple-minded, but they keep pace with the...
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| x Qomar |
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The Qomar are a fiction alien race of technophiles interested solely in science and mathematics from the television series Star Trek: Voyager. They have no interest in the arts, though it appears that they like singing after hearing the holographic...
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The Romulans are a fictional race of aliens within the Star Trek franchise. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The...
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| x Suliban |
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The Suliban are a starfaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe, seen throughout the series Star Trek: Enterprise. A Suliban sect known as the Cabal served as the show's primary antagonists in the first and second seasons.
Humanoid in...
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| x Talaxian |
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The Talaxians are a humanoid civilization in the Star Trek fictional universe native to the planet Talax in the Delta Quadrant. The Talaxians surrendered to the Haakonian Order in 2356 after a decade-long war was ended by the deployment of the...
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| x Tellarite |
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Tellarites are a fictional species from the planet Tellar from the Star Trek television show.
Though not used in a great number of episodes, they are one of the founding races of the show's United Federation of Planets, to which Earth belongs....
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| x Trill |
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In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Trill are a species of symbiotic lifeforms native to the Alpha Quadrant. Their home world is also Trill. Trill is a very sparsely populated planet with only a few million inhabitants. Its oceans are...
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| x Vidiian |
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The Vidiians are a fictional race in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, located in the Delta Quadrant. The Vidiians suffer from a necrotizing plague called "the Phage." In reality, the term "phage" refers to a bacteriophage, a...
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| x Vorta |
The Vorta is a fictional humanoid species in Star Trek who appear in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The Vorta serve the Dominion's Founders, whom they worship as gods, in administrative roles. They typically serve as diplomats or as officers charged...
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Vulcans are a humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who evolved on the planet Vulcan, and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic with no interference from emotion. They were the first extraterrestrial species to...
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| x Nebari |
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The Nebari are a fictional alien race in the Farscape universe.
Nebari are humanoid in form, with grey skin and black hair (in males) or white hair (in females). Their skin is also immune to solar radiation.
There are also presumably internal...
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| x Ancient |
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The Ancients are a humanoid race in the fictional Stargate universe. They are called "Ancients" in the Milky Way, but are also known as Lanteans or Ancestors in the Pegasus galaxy and as the Alterans in their home galaxy, and they sometimes call...
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| x Kalish |
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The Kalish are a fictional alien race in the Farscape universe. They are mainly represented in the series by the character Sikozu, although she is an abnormal case.
Kalish are basically humanoid, with a golden, somewhat fish-scale-like patterned...
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| x Leviathan |
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Leviathans are a fictional alien race of sentient spaceship in the Farscape universe. They are an engineered race, made sentient by the Builders.
Leviathans are made of both biological and mechanical systems, and are therefore biomechanoid....
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| x Ghola |
A ghola is a fictional creature in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. A type of clone grown in an axlotl tank from genetic material retrieved from the cells of a deceased subject, a ghola is created using a technological process developed...
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