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The '''mawdad family''' is a family of centipede-like creatures introduced in {{p3}}, although the family went unclassified until {{p3d}}. It contains only one member, the [[Armored Mawdad]], which the family is named after. Members belong to the ''Tuberclipeum'' genus.


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==Members==
===Armored Mawdad===
[[File:Armored Mawdad Concept Art.png|left|200px]]
{{main|Armored Mawdad}}


== Members ==
Scientific name: ''Tuberclipeum rex''
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{{main|Armored Mawdad}}
Armored Mawdad is the first boss in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', and the boss of the [[Garden of Hope]]. It is a massive beast with a multitude of small gecko-like legs, a large head, yellow eyes, a bluish-green underbelly, a gaping mouth, and large curved mandibles. The boss crawls about and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Its shell is [[crystal]] and can be broken by [[Rock Pikmin]] to expose the soft skin underneath.
The first boss of [[Pikmin 3]] and [[Pikmin 3 Deluxe]], and the only member of the Mawdad family.
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== Naming ==
== Naming ==
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The family name ''mawdad'' contains ''maw'', a word used to describe the thick jaws of a predator, which members possess. The ''dad'' part may be an indication of authority. It may also be a reference to a "crawdad", another name for {{w|crayfish}}.
 
The family genus, ''Tuberclipeum'', includes the word "tuber". This is because {{w|potato}}es are a type of tuber, in reference to the Japanese name of the [[Armored Mawdad]], which contains the word "potato". The word ''clipeum'', meanwhile, is Latin for "shield", in reference to the Mawdad's crystal shell.
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===Names in other languages===
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{{foreignname
|Jap  = イモグソク科
|JapR = Imo Gusoku Ka
|JapM = Potato armor family
|ChiTrad  = 毛蟲具足科
|Dut  =
|DutM =
|Fra  = armuridés
|FraM = From ''armure'' (armor)
|Ger  = Füßler
|GerM = Footler<br />From ''Tausendfüßler'' ({{w|Myriapoda}}, literally "thousand-footer")
|Ita  = Ciompidi
|ItaM =
|Kor  = 고구마갑옷벌레 과
|Spa  = Ciempiédulos
|SpaM = Mawdads
}}


==Names in other languages==
==See also==
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*[[Crawmad family]]
*[[Creep-crab family]]
*[[Crushblat family]]
*[[Pinchipede family]]


{{families}}
{{families}}
{{Mawdad family}}
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Latest revision as of 11:32, January 17, 2025

The mawdad family is a family of centipede-like creatures introduced in Pikmin 3, although the family went unclassified until Pikmin 3 Deluxe. It contains only one member, the Armored Mawdad, which the family is named after. Members belong to the Tuberclipeum genus.

MembersEdit

Armored MawdadEdit

Main article: Armored Mawdad.

Scientific name: Tuberclipeum rex

Armored Mawdad is the first boss in Pikmin 3, and the boss of the Garden of Hope. It is a massive beast with a multitude of small gecko-like legs, a large head, yellow eyes, a bluish-green underbelly, a gaping mouth, and large curved mandibles. The boss crawls about and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Its shell is crystal and can be broken by Rock Pikmin to expose the soft skin underneath.

NamingEdit

The family name mawdad contains maw, a word used to describe the thick jaws of a predator, which members possess. The dad part may be an indication of authority. It may also be a reference to a "crawdad", another name for crayfish.

The family genus, Tuberclipeum, includes the word "tuber". This is because potatoes are a type of tuber, in reference to the Japanese name of the Armored Mawdad, which contains the word "potato". The word clipeum, meanwhile, is Latin for "shield", in reference to the Mawdad's crystal shell.

Names in other languagesEdit

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Language Name Meaning
  Japanese イモグソク科?
Imo Gusoku Ka
Potato armor family
  Chinese
(traditional)
毛蟲具足科
  French armuridés From armure (armor)
  German Füßler Footler
From Tausendfüßler (Myriapoda, literally "thousand-footer")
  Italian Ciompidi
  Korean 고구마갑옷벌레 과
  Spanish Ciempiédulos Mawdads

See alsoEdit