Common garter snakes are infected by a parasitic nematode that lives in the tissues of their tail. Snakes with this condition often have shortened or stubby tails. The nematodes live part of their lifecycle in small aquatic crustaceans and in amphibian larvae. The snakes are infected when they eat the amphibian larvae.
Vanora's language of origin is Welsh. The meaning of Vanora is 'white wave'. Variant forms of Vanora include the names Vannora, Vanorah, Vanorea, Vanoree, Vanorey, Vanori, Vanoria, Vanorie, Vanory, and Vanorya. Vanora is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Ilona /ilo-na/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced eye-LOH-nah, eye-LONE-ah. It is of Hungarian and Greek origin, and the meaning of Ilona is sun ray.Variant of Helen. Also carries the connotation of beautiful, because of the beauty of Helen of Troy.lona is a very popular first name for women (#1804 out of 4276, Top 42%) but a unique last name for all people.