[Opinions] maybe because it just sounds funny?
I don't know why, it's a perfectly legitimate word, but as a name it's just so cartoon baby animal. Clover the Tap-dancing Bunny or something. Clover the Cow Who Didn't Want to Fly to the Moon.
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