Croach

Hollow Fields - Characters - Engineers
... Mister Croach The teacher of Grave Robbing, Live Taxidermy and Embalming ... His full name is Archibald Croach Jr ... and before joining Miss Weaver, he worked with his father at Croach and Croach Jr "Steam-Driven Solutions" ...

Codex Alera - Races of Carna - Vord
... They feed on a translucent, waxy substance called croach, and resided in dormancy in the Wax Forest before they were awoken by Tavi and Kitai ... to kill a vord warrior is to burst the large, croach filled bubble on its back ... The Keepers, venomous, spider-like creatures the size of dogs, maintain the croach without the croach the vord can not survive, for it acts as both air and food ...