Star Wars Lore
The destructive power of the completed Death Star was initially tested by blowing up this planet, which was the home world of Princess Leia.
Alderaan
Parrots are categorized in the animal class “Aves,” which is the Latin word for this.
Bird
Eight letters, starting with “L,” the Arthurian knight who had an affair with Queen Guinevere.
Lancelot
From Native American mythology, this creature creates thunder by flapping its mighty wings and creates lightning by flashing its dazzling eyes.
Thunderbird
This British slang word is an alternative, informal term for one pound.
Quid
This is the name of Jango Fett’s spaceship, later inherited by Boba Fett.
Slave One
The word "parrot" comes from the Old French "papegai", which was derived from the word "papagayo" from this other European language.
Spanish
Seven letters, ending with “ct,” a form of a language that is used in a specific region or by a certain social group.
Dialect
According to Norse mythology, this massive wolf will play a key role in the events of Ragnarök, a.k.a. the end of the world.
Fenrir
This is the common name for the currency of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other nations of this region.
Rupee
Other materials are sometimes used instead, but this particular kind of crystal is generally used as the energy source of a lightsaber.
Kyber Crystal
Parrots are the only creatures known to display true “tripedalism,” which means they do this.
Use their neck/beak as a third limb
Nine letters, starting with “p,” a medical term for forecasting the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
Prognosis
Medusa, along with her sisters who also have hair made of living snakes, were considered this kind of creature.
Gorgon
This unit of Chinese currency, symbolized ¥, literally means “a round object” or “a round coin” in Mandarin Chinese.
Yuan (or Yuan Renminbi)
Qui-Gon Jinn served as a padawan under this Jedi Master.
Count Dooku
This subspecies of parrot, named for its distinct color, is commonly regarded as one of the most intelligent and solitary kinds of parrot. They commonly score very high on tests designed to measure problem-solving potential, and they are well known for their superior ability to imitate sounds and human speech.
Grey Parrot
Five letters, ending in “te,” the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, located about 100 miles south from the Greek mainland.
Crete
These Japanese ogres/demons/trolls are said to live in caves or deep in the mountains. They are known for their extreme strength and propensity for violence, typically portrayed as hulking figures with one or more horns growing out of their heads, massive teeth, and occasionally a third eye in the center of their forehead.
Oni
After refusing to adopt the Euro in a referendum in 2000, this has remained the official currency of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
Krone
This is the name of the Sith Lord who first established the “Rule of Two.”
Darth Bane
The four families of parrots are: Old World parrots, African and New World parrots, cockatoos, and the “Strigopidae,” which are native to this specific island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean that consists of two main landmasses.
New Zealand
Seven letters, starting with “im,” a force that encourages an action; stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity.
Impetus
Originating from the folklore of eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States, this malevolent spirit is associated with winter, the North, coldness, famine, and starvation. Sometimes depicted as a creature with human-like characteristics, it is said to possess human beings and invoke feelings of insatiable greed, hunger, and violence.
Wendigo
This unit of currency was the standard Roman silver coin for hundreds of years, and also where the word “denaro” comes from.
Denarius