Indus worm Indus worm The skōlex (Indus Worm or the horrible Indian worm), in ancient Greek writings, was a supposed giant, white, carnivorous worm with a large pair of teeth that lived in the Indus River. Gustav Oppert in the 19th century reasoned that "skōlex" referred to a like-sounding word in the Indian language, and was convinced the word was "culukī" () for "fish" or "porpoise". In his opinion, the word could refer even to a "crocodile" by extension. Scholar Erik Seldeslachts, in a 1998 paper, has suggested parallel with "kṛmiḥ" () which has the duel meaning of "worm" and a name
Bird-worm seal script Bird-worm seal script Bird-worm seal script () is a type of ancient seal script originating in China. The Chinese character ( in traditional Chinese; ' in Pinyin) means "bird". The Chinese character ( in traditional Chinese; ' in Pinyin) means any creature that looks like a "worm", including invertebrate worms and reptiles such as snakes and lizards (and even the Chinese dragon). The character means "seal (script)". Other names for this kind of seal script: There are two subcategories (sub-styles): Seal script evolved from Oracle Bone Script, and diverged into different forms in the Spring and Autumn period, after the