Alien Covenant - David's Drawings

[HuDaFuK]

Aliens magazine, I think. One of its biology articles.

Either that or the Tech Manual.

[Corporal Hicks]

Really that old? It just started showing up everywhere a few years back.

[The Old One]

Egg, Facehugger, Chestburster aren't terribly scientific though.

Don't get me started on how "Xenomorph" can apply to a variety of creatures, contextually within Aliens & A3 it works because it's referred to as "A Xenomorph" which would be correct. But the miscommunication that it's
"The Xenomorph" from then onwards is irritating to say the least.

Give me half an hour or there abouts and I could make more suitable threatening names with the Latin dictionary.

[Naginata]

Naginta, they are presented in order-
Innocent biological study, into dissection and alteration and then into Elizabeth Shaw.

... I guess I need to reread it more carefully then, because I completely missed that. 

[Xenomrph]

Egg, Facehugger, Chestburster aren't terribly scientific though.

Don't get me started on how "Xenomorph" can apply to a variety of creatures, contextually within Aliens & A3 it works because it's referred to as "A Xenomorph" which would be correct. But the miscommunication that it's
"The Xenomorph" from then onwards is irritating to say the least.

Give me half an hour or there abouts and I could make more suitable threatening names with the Latin dictionary.

The Colonial Marines Tech Manual clarifies that "xenomorph" is, as you guessed, a USCM term that applies to any extraterrestrial organism that they don't know the capabilities of.
It's just that James Cameron chose such a unique but memorable word that it got permanently linked with the capital-A Alien as another name for it, independent of its in-context meaning.
If Cameron had used the word "extraterrestrial" in place of "xenomorph", we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

[The Old One]

That's true. Sigh

Just in case you're wondering and I know no one is, here's terminology I prefer:

The Cavitatem Amnioticam (Zygote/Egg)

Parasitus perfido (Facehugger)

Embryonis parasitus (Classic Chestburster)

Parasitus infantem (New Chestburster)

Parasitus adulescentior (Adult)

Perfectus-Parasitus (Species)

Perfectus-Parasitus procreatrix (Monogyne/Queen)

[The Cruentus]

Problem is that such terms would only be taxonomy, not names used by the public or army. An example is the Tiger, we all call it a Tiger but its scientific name is Panthera tigris.

[The Old One]

What would be a suitable name for the public then?

The...

[Xenomrph]

What would be a suitable name for the public then?

The...

...Xenomorph

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[Nostromo]

What would be a suitable name for the public then?

The...

...Xenomorph

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Lol

How about... an Agrioxenothirio? Or Agriothereum lol. Or Xenodrakos. F it Xenomorph is better.

Although Parasitus sounds good.

[The Old One]

That's still taxonomy of a kind however.

Dragons.

[Stitch]

I think it's technically classed as Xenomorph XX121. Latin names are either Linguafoeda Acheronsis or Internecivus Raptus.

[HybridNewborn]

there's some new designations in Cold Forge as well.

[Delta Echo Alpha Delta]

there's some new designations in Cold Forge as well.

In The Cold Forge they just call them 'Snatchers'

[HybridNewborn]

there's some new designations in Cold Forge as well.

In The Cold Forge they just call them 'Snatchers'

Blue gives some actual taxonomical names for them and the facehuggers at one point