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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Hippowdon is based on a {{wp|hippopotamus}}. | Hippowdon is based on a {{wp|hippopotamus}}. Because of the spouts upon its back that constantly spit sands, Hippowdon and its preevolution may be based upon the legendary {{wp|Bahamut}} as, in some accounts of the myths behind it, it is said to support a bed of sand and have the head of a hippo. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Hippowdon is a combination of ''hippopotamus'', ''power'', ''powder'' (as in sand), or ''pow'' (onomatopoeia for a bodily hit), and ''don'' (Spanish for ''lord''; Ancient Greek for ''tooth''). | Hippowdon is a combination of ''hippopotamus'', ''power'', ''powder'' (as in sand), or ''pow'' (onomatopoeia for a bodily hit), and ''don'' (Spanish for ''lord''; Ancient Greek for ''tooth''). | ||