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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
[[File:Pyroplasmic Slooch P3 early.png|thumb|200px|A Pyroclasmic Slooch in the demo, showing the early name, "Pyroplasmic Slooch".]] | [[File:Pyroplasmic Slooch P3 early.png|thumb|200px|A Pyroclasmic Slooch in the demo, showing the early name, "Pyroplasmic Slooch".]] | ||
"Pyroclasmic" is a play on {{w|pyroclastic flow}}, a fast moving current of hot gas or rock commonly found in volcanoes. "Slooch" is similar to the {{w|slug}}. In Japan, this creature is called {{j|カジオコシ|Kaji Okoshi}}, which translates to "Fire Hazard Starter". Internally, its name is <code>kajiokoshi</code>, which matches the Japanese common name. In [[Pikmin 3 prerelease information|prerelease footage]], the Pyroclasmic Slooch's name was written as "Pyro'''p'''lasmic Slooch", which | "Pyroclasmic" is a play on {{w|pyroclastic flow}}, a fast moving current of hot gas or rock commonly found in volcanoes. "Slooch" is similar to the {{w|slug}}. In Japan, this creature is called {{j|カジオコシ|Kaji Okoshi}}, which translates to "Fire Hazard Starter". Internally, its name is <code>kajiokoshi</code>, which matches the Japanese common name. | ||
In [[Pikmin 3 prerelease information|prerelease footage]], the Pyroclasmic Slooch's name was written as "Pyro'''p'''lasmic Slooch", which could either be alluding to either plasma, a state of matter defined as a gas of ions, or plasm, a word roughly meaning "living substance". | |||
Its scientific name is ''sulucina vulcanis''. ''Vulcanis'' is derived from {{w|Vulcan}} (or Vulcānus in Latin), the Roman god of fire, in reference to the Pyroclasmic Slooch's own fire. | Its scientific name is ''sulucina vulcanis''. ''Vulcanis'' is derived from {{w|Vulcan}} (or Vulcānus in Latin), the Roman god of fire, in reference to the Pyroclasmic Slooch's own fire. | ||