Tinuviel

Translingual

Etymology

Named by Leigh Van Valen from Sindarin tinúviel (“nightingale”), an epithet of the character Lúthien in Tolkien's legendarium.

Proper noun

Tinuviel

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene.

References

• Tinuviel at Paleobiology Database