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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
"Snavian" is a portmanteau of "snake" and "avian", given their snake-like bodies and bird heads. Some members of this family use the word "Snagret" in their name. This seems to be a combination of the words "snake" or "snag", which means "to catch", and "{{w|egret}}", a kind of bird resembling the Snagrets. Their Japanese names also use the words {{j|ヘビガラス|Hebi Garasu}}, meaning "Crow Snake"; this is because of the enemies themselves being a combination of a snake and a bird – likely a crow. The term ''Shiropedes'' in their scientific names denotes the genus, and comes from {{j|白|shiro}}, meaning white in Japanese and ''pedes'', meaning foot in Latin; these originate from the Burrowing Snagret's ''Japanese name'' {{j|オジロヘビガラス|Ojirohebi Garasu}}, which means "White-tailed snake crow". | "Snavian" is a portmanteau of "snake" and "avian", given their snake-like bodies and bird heads. Some members of this family use the word "Snagret" in their name. This seems to be a combination of the words "snake" or "snag", which means "to catch", and "{{w|egret}}", a kind of bird resembling the Snagrets. Their Japanese names also use the words {{j|ヘビガラス|Hebi Garasu}}, meaning "Crow Snake"; this is because of the enemies themselves being a combination of a snake and a bird – likely a crow. The term ''Shiropedes'' in their scientific names denotes the genus, and comes from {{j|白|shiro}}, meaning white in Japanese and ''pedes'', meaning foot in Latin; these originate from the Burrowing Snagret's ''Japanese name'' {{j|オジロヘビガラス|Ojirohebi Garasu}}, which means "White-tailed snake crow". | ||
===Names in other languages=== | |||
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|Jap = ヘビドリ科 | |||
|JapR = Hebi Dori ka | |||
|JapM = Snake bird family | |||
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|GerM = | |||
|Spa = Avirpéntidos | |||
|SpaM = From ''ave'' (bird) and possibly ''serpentino'' (serpentine) | |||
|Fra = | |||
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|Ita = | |||
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}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||