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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
"Belching" is slang for "vomiting" or "spitting", so "sandbelching" means "spitting sand". In the word "Meerslug", the meaning of "meer" is | "Belching" is slang for "vomiting" or "spitting", so "sandbelching" means "spitting sand". In the word "Meerslug", the meaning of "meer" is "sea" in German, but it could have a different meaning, and "slug" is referring to how it resembles a real-life {{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. | ||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||