User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-27356783-20170824012346

So, I've been thinking about the etymology of the new monster names, and the only one I found a good one for was for Jyuratodus, and even then I only found one for the "atodus" part: Ceratodus, which is an extinct lungfish.

To be honest, it kinda makes sense. Some lungfish can sleep on land for years until a water source comes. The most common example is the African Lungfish, found in, well, Africa, which is a continent known for being quite dry at times.