Mokeskin WASA: Re: CHAPDISC: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 15, The

[Suzanne Sinclair]

No: HPFGUIDX 181952

Carol:

> Forgive me, but it's mokeskin, as zanooda pointed out to me 
> soon after DH came out. 

zanooda:

Exactly, and I still don't know what JKR had in mind when she wrote 
this. If "moke" is a lizard, it is not supposed to be furry! "Moke" can 
also mean "donkey", and I really, really wish that she explained on her 
website what she meant by "mokeskin", because it just bugs me - what 
is "moke", a lizard or a donkey?

Suzanne:

In 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' a moke is described as a silver-green lizard with the ability to shrink at will.  Moke skin is therefore highly prized by wizards for use as moneybags and purses as they shrink as a starnger approaches.

Does this help?