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Scientific name: '' Spourgitis advenus'' (queen) | Scientific name: '' Spourgitis advenus'' (queen) | ||
The Scornet Maestro is the fourth boss of {{p3}}, and the queen of a large Scornet colony in the Twilight River. It looks like a large Scornet with a long beak, red and yellow eyes, arms that end in cotton covered hands, and a small tail. The Scornet Maestro strums | The Scornet Maestro is the fourth boss of {{p3}}, and the queen of a large Scornet colony in the Twilight River. It looks like a large Scornet with a long beak, red and yellow eyes, arms that end in cotton covered hands, and a small tail. The Scornet Maestro strums string-like teeth in its mouth like a harp to command it's colony to arrange in different offensive formations. The Scornet Maestro is only vulnerable when its Scornets fly away after an attack. | ||
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== Naming == | == Naming == | ||
The name "huntinpeck" is a portmanteau of "hunting" and "peck", since the predator birds swoops down to peck at Pikmin, but it is also a pun on the expression "hunt and peck". This expression refers to people typing with a typewriter or computer keyboard, that have to first hunt down the key they want, so they can then peck at it with one finger. The fact that these enemies will stand in place to search for a Pikmin, before finally swooping in helps explain the choice of the family name. Finally, since they usually hunt in groups, the name could also be a pun on "hunt in packs". | |||
The | The ''Spourgitis'' genus comes from the Greek term for "Sparrow", a type of bird. Members of the huntinpeck family resemble birds, one even having sparrow in its name. | ||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
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|SpaM = From ''escuadrón'' (squadron) and ''filo'' (sharp edge) | |SpaM = From ''escuadrón'' (squadron) and ''filo'' (sharp edge) | ||
|Ger = Raubpicker | |Ger = Raubpicker | ||
|GerM = | |GerM = | ||
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{{families}} | {{families}} | ||
[[Category:Huntinpeck family| ]] | [[Category:Huntinpeck family| ]] |