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The genus Smaug was named for the character Smaug, in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: [2] Smaug is the name of the dragon encountered by Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit. According to Tolkien the name is derived from the Old German verb smeugen – to squeeze through a hole. Like the type species, Smaug lived ...
Smaug was "the greatest of the dragons of his day", already centuries old at the time he was first recorded. He heard rumours of the great wealth of the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor, which had a prosperous trade with the Northmen of Dale. Smaug "arose and without warning came against King Thrór and descended on the mountain in flames".
The sungazer (Smaug giganteus, syn. Cordylus giganteus), also known as the giant girdled lizard, giant dragon lizard, ouvolk, [2] or giant zonure, [3] is the largest species of the Cordylidae, a family of lizards from sub-Saharan Africa. [4] This threatened species is endemic to Highveld grasslands in the interior of South Africa. [4]
Smaug "The species name smaug, refers to the dragon Smaug, the greatest and most powerful in the later part of the Third Age in the books of J.R.R. Tolkien." [185] Glaurung † Bulanov & Sennikov, 2015: Weigeltisaurid: Glaurung [186] Planois smaug Carvajal, Faúndez & Rider, 2015: True bug: Smaug [187] [188] Tamolia ancalagon Carvajal et al ...
Gollum's real name was Sméagol, and he had once been a member of the secluded branch of the early Stoorish Hobbits. He spent the early years of his life with his extended family under a matriarch, his grandmother. On Sméagol's birthday, he and his relative Déagol went fishing in the Gladden Fields. There, Déagol found the Ring in the ...
Gandalf, in this setting, is thus a representation in English (anglicised from Old Norse) of the name the Dwarves of Erebor had given to Olórin in the language they used "externally" in their daily affairs, while Tharkûn is the (untranslated) name, presumably of the same meaning, that the Dwarves gave him in their native Khuzdul language.
Smaug is a dragon in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit. Smaug may also refer to: Smaug, a genus of lizards; Smaug (protein), an RNA-binding protein; Cnemaspis smaug, a species of gecko; Tetramorium smaug, a species of myrmicine ant; SMAUG, a multi-user dungeon derived from DikuMUD