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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
The name "Goolix" could've come from the word "goo", referencing its slimy liquid nature. The Japanese name, {{j|ミズモチ|Mizu Mochi}} translates to "water {{w|mochi}}". A mochi is a Japanese rice cake, and marumochi in particular is a round variety; the creature's shape while idling resembles a marumochi. In the scientific name, '' | The name "Goolix" could've come from the word "goo", referencing its slimy liquid nature. The Japanese name, {{j|ミズモチ|Mizu Mochi}} translates to "water {{w|mochi}}". A mochi is a Japanese rice cake, and marumochi in particular is a round variety; the creature's shape while idling resembles a marumochi. In the scientific name, ''Binuclei siphonophorus'', ''Binuclei'' is Latin for "binuclear", and the "siphonophorus" refers to the real world "{{w|siphonophore}}s", a group of invertebrates with a gelatinous appearance. Hence, the scientific name means "Siphonophore of Two Nuclei". Internally, the creature's name is <code>slime</code>, further justifying the English name's origin of "goo". | ||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
{{Foreignname | {{Foreignname | ||
|Jap=ミズモチ | |||
|JapR=Mizu Mochi | |||
|JapM=Water Rice Cake | |||
|Ger=Golemgel | |Ger=Golemgel | ||
|GerM= | |GerM= |