Krillion prompt · October 3, 2026
Name a body part an animal has for fighting or protection
Krillion accepted 176 answers for this prompt in Dive #80. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gems and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 176 accepted answers, this prompt is narrower than a typical Krillion prompt (about 403), so there’s less room to go deep.
- 79 answers (45%) are Deep Cuts and 69 are Rare, while 9 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Arms +60 Comb +60 Feet +60
Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Acrorhagi
Sea anemones wage slow border wars by clubbing neighbours with them.
- Cuvierian tubules
Some sea cucumbers eject these sticky organs to tie predators up.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Acidopore
- Acontia
- Antennae
- Axial organ
- Blood-brain barrier
- Brille
- Bristles
- Bursa of Fabricius
- Casque
- Cell membrane
- Cerata
- Chloragogen tissue
- Cilia
- Coelomocytes
- Cornicles
- Cuticle
- Dactyl club
- Elytra
- Epigonal organ
- Eyes
- False head
- Fat body
- Forcipules
- Forelegs
- Frill
- Goblet cells
- Harderian gland
- Head kidney
- Hemocytes
- Hepatopancreas
- Insect lymph gland
- Interbranchial lymphoid tissue
- Intestines
- Keratinocytes
- Leydig's organ
- Mantle
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Meibomian glands
- Meninges
- Menisci
- Milky spots
- Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
- Mucous membranes
- Nasal turbinates
- Nasus
- Oka organ
- Omentum
- Operculum
- Orbital hood
- Paneth cells
- Pedicellariae
- Pericardium
- Peritrophic matrix
- Peyer's patches
- Photophores
- Poison glands
- Preen gland
- Proboscis
- Pronotum
- Radula
- Rump
- Sacculus rotundus
- Salmonid bursa
- Sclera
- Sebaceous glands
- Shoulder shield
- Siphon
- Slime glands
- Spinnerets
- Stomach
- Supraneural body
- Tegmina
- Thagomizer
- Thymoid
- Thymus
- Tongue
- Typhlosole
- Urticating hairs
- White body
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Abdomen
- Amniotic sac
- Appendix
- Armor
- Arms
- Blubber
- Bone marrow
- Cartilage
- Cervix
- Comb
- Cornea
- Electric organ
- Epiglottis
- Exoskeleton
- Feet
- Fists
- Foreskin
- Gills
- Gums
- Head
- Hood
- Hooks
- Hump
- Ink sac
- Intervertebral discs
- Kidneys
- Kneecap
- Lacrimal glands
- Legs
- Liver
- Lungs
- Lymph nodes
- Mammary glands
- Mandibles
- Neck
- Nematocysts
- Nostrils
- Paw pads
- Paws
- Penis
- Pharynx
- Placenta
- Platelets
- Primordial pouch
- Rattle
- Red blood cells
- Ribs
- Rostrum
- Salivary glands
- Scales
- Scent glands
- Scrotum
- Skeleton
- Skin
- Sphincters
- Spleen
- Spurs
- Sternum
- Suckers
- Sweat glands
- Tail club
- Tear ducts
- Tonsils
- Trunk
- Uterus
- Venom glands
- Wattles
- White blood cells
- Wings
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Beak
- Ears
- Eyelashes
- Eyelids
- Feathers
- Fins
- Flippers
- Hooves
- Jaws
- Pincers
- Pouch
- Quills
- Spines
- Tail
- Talons
- Tentacles
- Whiskers
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Antlers
- Claws
- Fangs
- Fur
- Horns
- Shell
- Stinger
- Teeth
- Tusks