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|common = Gatling Groink. The word "Gatling" is a reference to the {{w|Rotary cannon|Gatling-type cannons}} in real life. The name "Groink" seems entirely made up; it is possible to extract the onomatopoeia for pig grunts, "oink", thus contracting "grunt" and "oink" to "Groink". Though it's difficult to see how pigs factor into the creature's design, the "grunt" component is found again in the German localization. | |common = Gatling Groink. The word "Gatling" is a reference to the {{w|Rotary cannon|Gatling-type cannons}} in real life. The name "Groink" seems entirely made up; it is possible to extract the onomatopoeia for pig grunts, "oink", thus contracting "grunt" and "oink" to "Groink". Though it's difficult to see how pigs factor into the creature's design, the "grunt" component is found again in the German localization. "Groink" could also stem as an attempt at translating a possible play on words with "testicles" in the Japanese name (see below), wherein the translators kept the genital joke as well as the "surplus" {{j|コ|Ko}} character. | ||
|scientific = ''Megaplod calibersi''. It could be a corruption of the {{w|Megapode|''megapodes''}} family of birds, though the | |scientific = ''Megaplod calibersi''. It could be a corruption of the {{w|Megapode|''megapodes''}} family of birds, though the similarity between the Groink and these birds are few; it is perhaps worth noting that the ''megapodes'' build mounds, and the Groink's signature placement in the game is also atop of a mound, or rather a form of pillar. It is likely that the word "explosion" was worked into the name as well due to the Groink's explosive attack. "Calibersi" seems to be a corruption of "caliber", a measure for the size of projectiles. | ||
|jpcommon = {{j|タマコキン|Tama Ko Kin}}. It translates to "Bullet Child Goldfish", referring to how it looks like a goldfish and fires bullets. The word "child" suggests it is a juvenile member of its species. | |jpcommon = {{j|タマコキン|Tama Ko Kin}}. It translates to "Bullet Child Goldfish", referring to how it looks like a goldfish and fires bullets. The word "child" suggests it is a juvenile member of its species. Also possible is a wordplay on {{j|きんたま|Kintama}}, which translates to "gold ball" and is a slang term for human testicles. | ||
|jpname = {{j|テッポコキン|Teppo Ko Kin|Gun Child Goldfish}}. | |jpname = {{j|テッポコキン|Teppo Ko Kin|Gun Child Goldfish}}. | ||
|internal = Internally, the creature is known as <code>minihoudai</code>, a combination of "mini" and {{j|砲台|houdai}}, which means "artillery battery". The name <code>houdai</code> is already taken by the [[Man-at-Legs]]. | |internal = Internally, the creature is known as <code>minihoudai</code>, a combination of "mini" and {{j|砲台|houdai}}, which means "artillery battery". The name <code>houdai</code> is already taken by the [[Man-at-Legs]]. | ||