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The family's name comes from the word "mandible". The names of the members derive from the word "{{w|Sheep shearing|shear}}", given that the sound they make when chomping down bridges sounds strikingly similar to a real world pair of shears closing. The Sheargrubs' names also derive from the word "{{w|grub}}", since they're like real life worms. Their Japanese names use the term {{j|ウジンコ|ujinko}}, in which {{j|ウジ|uji}} means "maggot", and {{j|インコ|inko}} means "parrot". The "parrot" part might reference their mouth, which looks like the beak of a parakeet. The genus name of this family's members is ''Himeagea'', whose meaning is unknown. | The family's name comes from the word "mandible". The names of the members derive from the word "{{w|Sheep shearing|shear}}", given that the sound they make when chomping down bridges sounds strikingly similar to a real world pair of shears closing. The Sheargrubs' names also derive from the word "{{w|grub}}", since they're like real life worms. Their Japanese names use the term {{j|ウジンコ|ujinko}}, in which {{j|ウジ|uji}} means "maggot", and {{j|インコ|inko}} means "parrot". The "parrot" part might reference their mouth, which looks like the beak of a parakeet, but also their ability to destroy bridges since parakeets are known for digging holes in wood to make their nests. The genus name of this family's members is ''Himeagea'', whose meaning is unknown. However in the Japanese games their [[Pikipedia:Japanese#Japanese_names_and_common_names|Japanese name]] and family name is {{j|ヒメアギト|Hime Agito}} which is where ''Himeagea'' probably derived from. | ||
In ''Pikmin'', all mandiblards share the same internal name, <code>Kabekui</code>. {{j|かべ|kabe}} means "wall" and {{j|くい|kui}} meaning "eat". The fact that they are called "[[Gate|wall]] eater" instead of "[[bridge]] eater" seems to indicate that, [[Pikmin prerelease information|during development]], these creatures served a different purpose. | In ''Pikmin'', all mandiblards share the same internal name, <code>Kabekui</code>. {{j|かべ|kabe}} means "wall" and {{j|くい|kui}} meaning "eat". The fact that they are called "[[Gate|wall]] eater" instead of "[[bridge]] eater" seems to indicate that, [[Pikmin prerelease information|during development]], these creatures served a different purpose. | ||