Piksepeni (Piksepeni)

Lit. Thunderstorm dog (peni, or penni or pini), is an alternative or dialect word for dog, more common in the southern half of Estonia, cf. Livonian piņ, but see also Eastern Sámi pienneoi in Eerikneeme, or beana in Northern(?) Sámi. Strictly, a woolly bear: caterpillar of the Arctiidae moth family, but also name of the scarlet tiger moth itself, Callimorpha dominula and probably used, as in English, for a variety of hairy caterpillars (see also Kannustiiva). Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Päevakoera.