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The family's name, ''gourdfeather'', is a combination of two words, gourd and feather. The word gourd is in relation to the shape of the Waddlequaff's body as it look very similar to that of the shape of some {{w|gourd}}s. The word feather is evidently pointing towards the fact that it is a bird and has {{w|feather}}s covering its body. | The family's name, ''gourdfeather'', is a combination of two words, gourd and feather. The word gourd is in relation to the shape of the Waddlequaff's body as it look very similar to that of the shape of some {{w|gourd}}s. The word feather is evidently pointing towards the fact that it is a bird and has {{w|feather}}s covering its body. | ||
The family's genus, ''Sluppus'', contains ''slup'', which most likely came from the word slurp. Slurp means 'to sip or swallow greedily and noisily', which could be in relation to the way the Waddlequaff sucks up | The family's genus, ''Sluppus'', contains ''slup'', which most likely came from the word slurp. Slurp means 'to sip or swallow greedily and noisily', which could be in relation to the way the Waddlequaff sucks up items and swallows them. | ||
=== Names in other languages === | === Names in other languages === | ||