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The '''mawdad family''' is a family of centipede-like creatures introduced in {{p3}}, although the family went unclassified until {{p3d}}. It contains only one member, the [[Armored Mawdad]], which the family is named after. Members belong to the ''tuberclipeum'' genus.
The '''mawdad family''' is a family of centipede-like creatures introduced in {{p3}}, although the family went unclassified until {{p3d}}. It contains only one member, the [[Armored Mawdad]], of which the family is named after. Members belong to the ''tuberclipeum'' genus.


==Members==
==Members==
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{{main|Armored Mawdad}}
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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, and large curved mandibles. The boss crawls about and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Its shell is [[crystal]] and can be broken by [[Rock Pikmin]] to expose the soft skin underneath.
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, and large curved mandibles. The boss crawls about and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Its shell is [[crystal]] and can be broken by [[Rock Pikmin]] to expose the soft skin underneath.
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== Naming ==
== Naming ==
The family name ''mawdad'' contains ''maw'', a word used to describe the thick jaws of a predator, which members possess. The ''dad'' part may be an indication of authority. It may also be a reference to a "crawdad", another name for {{w|crayfish}}.
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The family name ''mawdad'' contains ''maw'', a word used to describe the thick jaws of a predator, which members posses. The ''dad'' part may be an indication of authority.


The family genus, ''tuberclipeum'', includes the word "tuber". This is because {{w|potato}}es 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.
The family genus, ''tuberclipeum'', comes from "tubercle" (Latin for lump), which is used to describe things like the spikes on a cactus. This refers to the thick shells members of the Mawdad family have.
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
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{{foreignname
|Jap = イモグソク科
|Jap=
|JapR = Imo Gusoku Ka
|JapR=
|JapM = Potato armor family
|JapM=
|ChiTrad  = 毛蟲具足科
|Dut=
|Dut =  
|DutM=
|DutM =  
|Fra=
|Fra = armuridés
|FraM=
|FraM = From ''armure'' (armor)
|Ger=
|Ger = Füßler
|GerM=
|GerM =  
|Ita=
|Ita = Ciompidi
|ItaM=
|ItaM =  
|Spa=
|Kor  = 고구마갑옷벌레 과
|SpaM=
|Spa = Ciempiédulos
|SpaM = Mawdads
}}
}}


==See also==
==See Also==
*[[Crawmad family]]
*[[Creep-crab family]]
*[[Crushblat family]]
*[[Crushblat family]]
*[[Pinchipede family]]
*[[Pinchipede family]]


{{families}}
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[[Category: Mawdad family| ]]

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