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|icon = Iridescent Flint Beetle P3 icon.png | |icon = Iridescent Flint Beetle P3 icon.png | ||
|name = Pilli envelopens | |name = Pilli envelopens <br> Pilli envelopens striaticus | ||
|family = Flint beetle | |family = Flint beetle | ||
|areas = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Forest Navel]], [[Awakening Wood]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Twilight River]] | |areas = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Forest Navel]], [[Awakening Wood]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Twilight River]] | ||
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|technical = Steeliprax | |technical = Steeliprax | ||
|size = Body length: {{mm|30}} | |size = Body length: {{mm|30}} | ||
|piklopedia = 20 | |piklopedia = 20 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
The word "iridescent" means "showing different colours depending on the viewer's angle", referring to its shiny {{w|elytron}}. {{w|Flint}} is a type of hard rock historically used to ignite fires by striking other rocks, similar to how striking it with a Pikmin yields prizes. However, "flint" is also similar to "glint", meaning "a bright reflection of light" – this is used in its relative's name, the [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]]. | {{naming | ||
|common = Iridescent Flint Beetle. The word "iridescent" means "showing different colours depending on the viewer's angle", referring to its shiny {{w|elytron}}. {{w|Flint}} is a type of hard rock historically used to ignite fires by striking other rocks, similar to how striking it with a Pikmin yields prizes. However, "flint" is also similar to "glint", meaning "a bright reflection of light" – this is used in its relative's name, the [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]]. | |||
|jpcommon = {{j|コガネモチ|Kogane Mochi|Small Riches Holder}}. {{j|コガネ|kogane}} means "Small amount of money", likely referring to how it gives out worse prizes than its golden counterpart, and {{j|モチ|mochi}} means "holder". "Koganemushi" {{j|黄金虫|koganemushi}} also means scarab beetle, which its color is similar to. | |||
|jpname = {{j|タテスジルリコガネモチ|Tatesuji Ruri Kogane Mochi|Vertical Stripes Lapis Lazuli Small Riches Holder}} (''Pikmin 2''); {{j|マダラルリコガネモチ|Madara Ruri Kogane Mochi|Spotted Lapis Lazuli Small Riches}} (''Pikmin 3 Deluxe''). | |||
|scientific = ''Pilli envelopens'' (''Pikmin 2''); ''Pilli envelopens striaticus'' (''Pikmin 3 Deluxe''). ''Pilli'' is probably derived from "pill", in reference to its round shape. ''Envelopens'' is based on the English word "envelop", which means "to cover", possibly chosen due to the creature being mostly covered in a flint-hard shell. ''Striaticus'' may be derived from ''striatus | |||
|internal = Its internal name in all of the games is <code>kogane</code>, part of its Japanese nickname. | |||
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===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== |