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.
The smooth skin of the adult common mudpuppy can differ in colouration between red, black and grey-brown , with variable scattered blue-black spots across its back , or occasionally faint stripes . The underside of the body is greyish and may also have dark spots . Two dark lines run from the snout to the gills .