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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
{{see also|Squirdler family#Naming}} | {{see also|Squirdler family#Naming}} | ||
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|common = Sputtlefish. The name is based off of "spurt" – since it squirts ink to defend itself – and {{w|cuttlefish}}, a real-life animal that it resembles. A cuttlefish has two tentacles and a soft body, much like the Sputtlefish. The "sputtle" part of the name could also be based off of the real life {{w|sputtle}}, an excretion produced by insects that functions as a paralytic defense. | |||
|scientific = Its scientific name is ''Pseudocephalopoda florascens''. ''Pseudocephalopoda'' comes from ''pseudo'' and ''{{w|cephalopod}}''. ''Florascens'' comes from ''florescence'', a term used for flowers in the process of blooming. This describes its fins, as they resemble the petals of a blooming flower. | |||
|jpcommon = {{j|カワスミ|Kawa Sumi}}, in which {{j|カワ|kawa}} means "river" and {{j|スミ|sumi}} is short for {{j|スミイカ|sumīka}}, which is the word for the golden cuttlefish, or the Japanese spineless cuttlefish. | |||
|jpname = {{j|ハナイカモドキ|Hana Ika Modoki|Flower Pseudo Cuttlefish}}. | |||
|internal = The creature's internal name, <code>kawasumi</code>, matches its Japanese name. | |||
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===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||