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====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Excadrill might be a combination of ''excavate'' and ''drill''. It might also be a play on "escadrille", the French word for a squadron of aircraft, which Excadrill's claws vaguely resemble.
Excadrill might be a combination of ''excavate'' and ''drill''.


Doryuzu may be a combination of ドリル ''drill'', meaning "drill", 竜 ''ryū'' as in on'yomi reading of 土竜 ''doryū'', meaning "mole", and 渦 ''uzu'', meaning "spiral" or "swirl".
Doryuzu may be a combination of ドリル ''drill'', meaning "drill", 竜 ''ryū'' as in on'yomi reading of 土竜 ''doryū'', meaning "mole", and 渦 ''uzu'', meaning "spiral" or "swirl".
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