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==Naming== | |||
The creature being called a leaf is a clear reference to its leaf shape allowing it to blend with the environment, while "skitter" is a verb that means "to run around", over how it runs away from predators. In Japan, its name is {{j|ハンボ|Hanbo}}, in which the closest translation is [[wikipedia:Hanbō|half-staff]], making the relation between the name and the creature unknown. Its scientific name is ''rus pseudoarbicans'', which has a completely unknown meaning, besides the Greek word "pseudo" in it, which means "fake", likely alluding at how it is a fake leaf. Internally, its name in ''Pikmin 2'' is <code>sokkuri</code>, which is an onomatopoeia for "looks like", once more referring to how it mimics a leaf. Its internal name in the next game is <code>hambo</code>, which is the same as its Japanese name when Romanized, but with an 'm' instead of an 'n'. | |||
===Names in other languages=== | |||
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|SpaA=Pisaátomos hoja | |||
|SpaAM=Atomcrusher leaf | |||
|Fra=Feuille animale | |||
|FraM=Animal leaf | |||
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*The Skitter Leaf resembles a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_acuminata_leaves_01_by_Line1.jpg magnolia acuminata]'s leaves. | *The Skitter Leaf resembles a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_acuminata_leaves_01_by_Line1.jpg magnolia acuminata]'s leaves. | ||
*In both ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', the Skitter Leaf moves very slowly in water, and its animation resembles it attempting to swim. | *In both ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', the Skitter Leaf moves very slowly in water, and its animation resembles it attempting to swim. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||