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"Nectarous" means "related to nectar", and "Dandelfly" is a combination of "dandle", which means "gently rocking up and down", and "fly", since it is a bug that gently moves up and down while flying. Its Japanese name is {{j|ウスバミツモチ|Usuba Mitsu Mochi}}, and translates to "Nectar Rice Cake Antlion", in the sense that this creature looks like an {{w|antlion}}, and carries blobs of nectar wrapped in leafs, much like how some {{w|Mochi|rice cake}}s are decorated. Internally, it is called <code>yamma</code>, | "Nectarous" means "related to nectar", and "Dandelfly" is a combination of "dandle", which means "gently rocking up and down", and "fly", since it is a bug that gently moves up and down while flying. Its Japanese name is {{j|ウスバミツモチ|Usuba Mitsu Mochi}}, and translates to "Nectar Rice Cake Antlion", in the sense that this creature looks like an {{w|antlion}}, and carries blobs of nectar wrapped in leafs, much like how some {{w|Mochi|rice cake}}s are decorated. Internally, it is called <code>yamma</code>, from the word {{j|ヤンマ|Yanma}} which means "dragonfly". | ||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||