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{{see more|Meerslug family#Naming}}
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"Belching" is slang for "vomiting" or "spitting", so "sandbelching" means "spitting sand". The word "Meerslug" might come from "{{w|Meerkat}}", and "{{w|slug}}". Its Japanese name is {{j|オオスナフラシ|Oo Suna Furashi}}. {{j|オオ|oo}} means "giant", {{j|スナ|suna}} means "sand", and {{j|フラシ|furashi}} means "rainer" (as in to cause something to rain down). Internally, it is called <code>arijigoku</code>, which means "antlion pit", referring to it causing pits to draw in Pikmin to eat.
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|common    = Sandbelching Meerslug. "Belching" is slang for "vomiting" or "spitting", so "sandbelching" means "spitting sand". The word "Meerslug" might come from "{{w|Meerkat}}", and "{{w|slug}}".
Its scientific name is ''Gastropoidae anguili''.
|jpcommon  = {{j|オオスナフラシ|Oo Suna Furashi}}. {{j|オオ|oo}} means "giant", {{j|スナ|suna}} means "sand", and {{j|フラシ|furashi}} means "rainer" (as in to cause something to rain down).
|internal  = Internally, it is called <code>arijigoku</code>, which means "antlion pit", referring to it causing pits to draw in Pikmin to eat
|jpname    = {{j|ハラジロオオウナゴ|Harajiro Oo Unago|White-bellied Giant Conger Eel}}.
|scientific = ''Gastropoidae anguilii''. "Anguilii" comes from "anguilla", which is Latin for "eel".
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
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|Ger  = Wühlmaul
|Ger  = Wühlmaul
|GerM  = Rummaging Mouth
|GerM  = Rummaging Mouth
|Kor  = 큰모래뿌리기
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