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[[File:Starnacle Creature Log.png|150px|left]] | [[File:Starnacle Creature Log.png|150px|left]] | ||
{{main|Starnacle}} | {{main|Starnacle}} | ||
The Starnacle is an aquatic creature, made of three tentacles placed around a green eye. Its main purpose is blocking underwater passages. To get rid of it, [[Olimar]] just has to throw a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] at its eye, making the Starnacle retract its tentacles. It only lasts for a short amount of time, before this creature regains its original position. | The Starnacle is an aquatic creature, made of three tentacles placed around a green eye. Its main purpose is blocking underwater passages. To get rid of it, [[Olimar]] just has to throw a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] at its eye, making the Starnacle retract its tentacles. It only lasts for a short amount of time, before this creature regains its original position. | ||
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== Naming == | == Naming == | ||
The name shellusk may come from | The name shellusk may come from molusk, another type of underwater creature. It is unknown where "shell" comes from, as the creature doesn't seem to have a shell of any sort, rather has a soft, squishy form. | ||
Members use the ''Tripodidae'' genus. This is named after real-world {{w|tripods}}, a three-legged stand commonly used for filming and photography. This refers to members of the Shellusk family having three appendages. | Members use the ''Tripodidae'' genus. This is named after real-world {{w|tripods}}, a three-legged stand commonly used for filming and photography. This refers to members of the Shellusk family having three appendages. | ||
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|FraM=Wordplay of ''coquille'' (shell) and ''molle'' (soft) | |FraM=Wordplay of ''coquille'' (shell) and ''molle'' (soft) | ||
|Ger=Schlingstern | |Ger=Schlingstern | ||
|GerM= | |GerM= | ||
|Ita=Polpidi | |Ita=Polpidi | ||
|ItaM= | |ItaM= | ||
|Spa=Moluscaparoides | |Spa=Moluscaparoides | ||
|SpaM= | |SpaM= | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Splurchin family]] | *[[Splurchin family]] | ||
{{families}} | {{families}} | ||
[[Category:Shellusk family| ]] | [[Category:Shellusk family| ]] | ||