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==Naming==
==Naming==
{{see also|Grub-dog family#Naming}}
{{see also|Grub-dog family#Naming}}
The family is named after the [[Breadbug]], a bug-like enemy that resembles a piece of bread. In the scientific name of members of this family, the word ''Pansarus'' is a pun, in that ''pansa'' is Latin for "splayed-foot", and the creatures' feet are in fact splayed, and ''panis'' is Latin for "bread", once again tying in to the Breadbug; {{j|パン|pan}} is also Japanese for "bread". The word ''pseudooculii'' in some species names is a combination of ''pseudo'', which is Greek for "fake" and ''oculli'', referring to the genus name of mature bulborbs. Because some members of the Breadbug family are mimics of a species of the [[grub-dog family]], their names use the word "bulborb" as well, which originates from the grub-dogs.
The family is named after the [[Breadbug]], a bug-like enemy that resembles a loaf of bread. In the scientific name of members of this family, the word ''Pansarus'' is a pun, in that ''pansa'' is Latin for "splayed-foot", and the creatures' feet are in fact splayed, and ''panis'' is Latin for "bread", once again tying in to the Breadbug; {{j|パン|pan}} is also Japanese for "bread". The word ''pseudooculii'' in some species names is a combination of ''pseudo'', which is Greek for "fake" and ''oculli'', referring to the genus name of mature bulborbs. Because some members of the Breadbug family are mimics of a species of the [[grub-dog family]], their names use the word "bulborb" as well, which originates from the grub-dogs.


==See also==
==See also==
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