The Italian word that gives the meaning of this name is used in an Aria in the opera Aida by Giuseppe Vedri. The aria is Celeste Aida meaning heavenly Aida. I like the name because I like the aria, and because my father and grandfather also liked this aria.
Clay is a male MudWing, a Dragonet of Destiny, and the main protagonist in The Dragonet Prophecy, the very first book of the Wings of Fire series. Clay has fire-resistant scales, which he found out about when he pushed Peril down a tunnel as he tried to hide her from Queen Scarlet.
As one of the larger of the wasp species, these flying pests may seem quite threatening at first glance. There are many different subspecies, and with those come different appearances. The most common of the digger wasps are the great golden digger wasp and the blue digger wasp. The great golden digger has a bee-like appearance with gold or amber stripes along its thin torso, while the blue digger has a similar body type but a blue-metallic sheen.