What do we call a baby Hippogriffon?

[hollow-shades 129]

Hippongriffons.

 

Normally we call baby Griffons a "Fledgling"

 

But what do we call a baby Hippogriffin?

 

Hippoling? Fledhippo?

[Fhaolan 4,483]

Hippo literally means horse (Hippopotamus means 'river horse'), which is why in D&D hippogryph* young are called foals, just like horses. Of course, in D&D hippogryphs are their own creature, where the MLP fandom has them as a gryphon/pony crossbreed (None have appeared in the show, or to my knowledge the comics, but I haven't read all the comics to be sure.)

 

So I guess it would vary depending on where the hippogryph was raised... in pony culture, or in gryphon culture?

 

* Yes, I spell gryphons and hippogryphs funny. It's a perfectly valid spelling derived from their Greek name γρύφων, which went into Latin as gyphus. For some reason it looks better to me, and I picked it up from various European RPGs who use that spelling.

[Sir Xarthas VI 470]

Foal-lings, possibly.

 

 

 

* Yes, I spell gryphons and hippogryphs funny. It's a perfectly valid spelling derived from their Greek name γρύφων, which went into Latin as gyphus. For some reason it looks better to me, and I picked it up from various European RPGs who use that spelling.

I always spell it that way, too. It just feels more natural.

Edited November 13, 2016 by ~ Akatsuki ~

[cmarston1 5,959]

I would assume they would be called foals, but we haven't seen any in the show, or comics, so we have no clue so far.

It would be cool to see an actual hippogriff in FIM sometime soon.

[Goat-kun 2,527]

If you call a baby feline raptor fledgling, then you might as well call a baby equine raptor fledgling too.

[ggg-2 3,552]

A baby hippogriff...... Um.....We call it adorable?

[ChocolateCrane 156]

Call it a Hippogriffel <3 

 

=^-^=

[Caltrop 16]

Im kinda stuck between calling it a Fillichick or a Filligriff, but my friends seem to like Filligriff better,  so Idk..

[Steve Piranha 29,414]

Maybe foals like ponies ? I dunno, the hippogriff shown as a pony movie action figure hardly has any griffon stuff. He looks like a more magnificent pony with claws. He could have a beak, but the pics weren't so clear about it