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== Behavior == | == Behavior == | ||
The Starnacle's only purpose is to block underwater passages. Aside from that, it doesn't do anything and is harmless. When a Pikmin is thrown at its eye, it will retract its tentacles, leaving enough room for [[Olimar]] and his [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] to avoid the creature and keep going in the passage. | The Starnacle's only purpose is to block underwater passages. Aside from that, it doesn't do anything and is harmless. When a Pikmin is thrown at its eye, it will retract its tentacles, leaving enough room for [[Olimar]] and his [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] to avoid the creature and keep going in the passage. | ||
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{{see more|Shellusk family#Naming}} | {{see more|Shellusk family#Naming}} | ||
{{naming | {{naming | ||
|common = The name Starnacle is derived from "star" and " | |common = The name Starnacle is derived from "star" and "barnacle", also incorporating "tentacle". | ||
|jpcommon = {{j|タコヒトデ|Tako Hitode}}. it simply translates to "octopus starfish", referring to two aquatic creatures with long arms. | |jpcommon = {{j|タコヒトデ|Tako Hitode}}. it simply translates to "octopus starfish", referring to two aquatic creatures with long arms. | ||
|jpname = {{j|テヅルタコヒトデ|Tezuru Tako Hitode|{{w|Basket star|Basket Star}} Octopus Starfish}}. | |jpname = {{j|テヅルタコヒトデ|Tezuru Tako Hitode|{{w|Basket star|Basket Star}} Octopus Starfish}}. | ||
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===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
{{foreignname | {{foreignname | ||
|Jap=タコヒトデ | |Jap=タコヒトデ | ||
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|JapM=Octopus Starfish | |JapM=Octopus Starfish | ||
|Dut=Octopok | |Dut=Octopok | ||
|DutM= | |DutM=Portmanteau of "octopus" and "pok" (pox) | ||
|Fra=Étentacule | |Fra=Étentacule | ||
|FraM= This name is a portmanteau of ''étendre'' (stretch), and ''tentacule'' (tentacle) | |FraM= This name is a portmanteau of ''étendre'' (stretch), and ''tentacule'' (tentacle) | ||
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|Ita=Polpofiore | |Ita=Polpofiore | ||
|ItaM=Octoflower | |ItaM=Octoflower | ||
|Kor=문어불가사리 | |||
|Spa=Estelárido | |Spa=Estelárido | ||
|SpaM=From "estelar" (stellar) | |SpaM=From "estelar" (stellar) | ||