Mandiblard family: Difference between revisions

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|いん|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.

In ''Pikmin'', all mandiblards share the same internal name, <code>Kabekui</code>. {{j|かべ|kabe}} means "wall" and {{j|く|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.