Help on a Presentation about Utagawa kunyoshi’s “Neko no Ateji”

Hello everyone, I am trying to do a presentation about Utagawa Kuniyoshi and his series "猫の當字". Specifically I want to understand why in his picture "なまず" the "ず" seems to be written totally different, or I just simply can't figure out why the cats are arranged in that way. Please help me understand! Thank you so much in advance.
Sadly I can't seem to post a picture here of the artwork.. I will try to post it in the comments.

by drawing_foxear

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