Mawdad family

The mawdad family is a family of centipede-like creatures introduced in Pikmin 3, although the family went unclassified until Pikmin 3 Deluxe. It contains only one member, the Armored Mawdad, which the family is named after. The lone member of this family belongs to the Tuberclipeum genus.

Members

Armored Mawdad

Main article: Armored Mawdad.

Scientific name: Tuberclipeum rex

Armored Mawdad is the first boss in Pikmin 3, and the boss of the Garden of Hope. It is a massive beast with a multitude of small gecko-like legs, a large head, yellow eyes, a bluish-green underbelly, a gaping mouth,large curved mandibles, and a shell covering the majority of its body. The boss crawls about and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Its shell and mandible are made out of crystal and can be broken by Rock Pikmin disarm the creature and expose its soft skin underneath.

Naming

The family name mawdad contains maw, a word used to describe the thick jaws of a predator, which the Armored Mawdad possesses. The name as a whole is likely based on the word "crawdad", another name for a crayfish.

The family genus, Tuberclipeum, includes the word "tuber". This is because potatoes are a type of tuber, in reference to the Japanese name of the Armored Mawdad, which contains the word "potato". The word clipeum, meanwhile, is Latin for "shield", in reference to the Mawdad's crystal shell.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	イモグソク科? Imo Gusoku Ka	Potato armor family
Chinese (traditional)	毛蟲具足科 Máochóng jùzú kē	Tool-foot caterpillar family
French	armuridés	From armure (armor)
German	Füßler	Footer From Tausendfüßler (Myriapoda, literally "thousand-footer")
Italian	Ciompidi	Chompede
Korean	고구마갑옷벌레 과 Gogumagab-Os-Beolle Gwa	Sweet potato armor bug family
Spanish	Ciempiédulos	Centinodules

See also

• Crawmad family
• Creep-crab family
• Crushblat family
• Pinchipede family