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Kedriku (Kedrik)
Moth of the lasiocampid family, aka eggars or snout moths. Common to Estonia are lehekedrik, the lappet, Gastropacha quercifolia; männikedrik, the pine-tree lappet, Dendrolimus pini; rohukedrik, the drinker, Euthrix potatoria (name said due to its penchant for dew); and aia-rõngakedrik, disrespectfully known as ‘the lackey’, Malacosoma neustria; as well as its lowlier cousin niidu-rõngakedrik, the ground lackey, M. castrense, rare in Estonia, other than Saaremaa. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Kirilase.
Pärnu (Pärnu)
Estonia’s ‘summer capital’, coastal town in the south-west, with beaches, hydrotherapy, mud baths and spas. Known as Pernau during its time as Hanseatic town, providing ice-free access to the then Livonia. Pärnu maantee may not be the longest street in Tallinn, but it crosses the greatest number of Sub-districts (asumid): 15 – Hiiu, Järve, Kitseküla, Kivimäe, Liiva, Nõmme, Pääsküla, Rahumäe, Südalinn, Tatari, Tõnismäe, Uus Maailm, Vanalinn and Veerenni. Other than its regular Rus. and Ger. translations, also formerly known as Riia mnt or Rigische Straße, Pärnu being about halfway to the Latvian capital. One of Tallinn’s former (need I say) execution sites was at No.7, see Vana-Veerenni. The road is part of the E67 from Helsinki to Prague, and terminus of the Tallinn-Pärnu railway.
Kauri (Kaur)
Loon. One of the mysteries of modern-day life: I, British-born, never heard any name but ‘loon’, although it seems to be the American name, while Europeans say ‘diver’... Four species breeding in Estonia: järvekaur, black-throated diver or arctic loon, Gavia arctica; jääkaur, great northern diver or common loon, G. immer; punakurk-kaur, red-throated diver or loon (Eur. or US name), G. stellata; and tundrakaur, white- or yellow-billed diver (bill color debated, more likely yellow here), G. adamsii. Part of the Lilleküla bird-name group of streets. See also Kiuru.
