User blog comment:Lemedicus/zoldyck meaning or where it derives from???/@comment-14902757-20140222030158

When I first heard of it a long time ago (during when the 1999 version first aired) I used to have an idea about where their family name was derived from but now I can't remember what that was anymore. Sorry... Though it's also possible that Togashi simply invented it and then liked how it sounds. If you ask me, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear of "Zoldyck" is the word "solstice."

Interestingly, when I first read of the name Neferpitou back in 2007 ( or '08?) on Wikipedia, I envisioned Pitou to have an elongated head (similar to Nefertiti's profile) and a really tall and slender body like that of an ant. I imagined most of the chimera ants to having the same body type because I don't read the manga. Back then I just sort of updated myself to whether Togashi was still writing and basically I was watching out for new anime release for HxH. After 5 years or so, it was such a surprise to see the humanoid-cat Pitou that we have now when I first saw the character animated.

Btw, check out this poster made for the band Pearl Jam. The creature has a very striking resemblance to Youpi, although it also resembles a shoggoth. It's just funny when I saw it. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-16i51pSDass/UecI-kSrAbI/AAAAAAAA5rE/EpWAbRUGsrE/s1600/Emek-Pearl-Jam-Wrigley-Field-Poster-3.jpg