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Explaining its scientific name
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|common = Sporegrub. From "Sheargrub", a word present in the names of various members of the mandiblard family, and "spore". | |common = Sporegrub. From "Sheargrub", a word present in the names of various members of the mandiblard family, and "spore". | ||
|scientific = ''Himeagea vineacorruo''. | |scientific = ''Himeagea vineacorruo''. ''Vineacorruo'' comes from the Latin words ''vinea'', meaning "vine", and ''corruo'', meaning "to fall". | ||
|jpcommon = {{j|オッコ|Okko}}. It comes from {{j|落っこちる|Okkochiru}}, which means "falling", and is likely a pun on the expression {{j|子|Ko}} found in the name of other mandiblards, which in this context means "tiny", particularly "tiny bug". Hence, the name can translate to "Tiny Faller". | |jpcommon = {{j|オッコ|Okko}}. It comes from {{j|落っこちる|Okkochiru}}, which means "falling", and is likely a pun on the expression {{j|子|Ko}} found in the name of other mandiblards, which in this context means "tiny", particularly "tiny bug". Hence, the name can translate to "Tiny Faller". | ||
|jpname = {{j|オトシヒメアギト|Otoshi Hime Agito|Dropping Princess Jaw}}. From {{j|ヒメアギト科|Hime Agito Ka}}, the Mandiblard family's Japanese name. | |jpname = {{j|オトシヒメアギト|Otoshi Hime Agito|Dropping Princess Jaw}}. From {{j|ヒメアギト科|Hime Agito Ka}}, the Mandiblard family's Japanese name. | ||