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It has three different secondary types: Steel, Grass, and Ground, determined by the cloak that Burmy was in when it last battled. In its Plant Cloak, it is Bug/Grass, in its Sandy Cloak, it is Bug/Ground, and in its Trash Cloak it is Bug/Steel. Unlike Burmy, its cloak is permanent.
The coat of leaves/sand/building insulator has now fused with Wormadam's body on a sub-molecular level. Wormadam's eyes have changed from yellow to white. Wormadam's beak is longer and is tipped with either green, brown or pink. Wormadam has a pair of arms that are either made from leaves, chains of brown pebbles or pink ribbons.
Gender differences
Wormadam is female only. For the male counterpart see Mothim.
Wormadam is unique for the fact that it can be three different types permanently yet shares a Pokédex entry and name.
Each of Wormadam's three forms shares a type with another Pokémon: the Plant Cloak is the same type combination as Paras and Parasect, the Sandy Cloak is the same type combination as Nincada, and the Trash Cloak is the same type combination as Forretress and Scizor
Origin
Wormadam is based on an adult female bagworm, which never develop wings.
Name origin
Minomadam is a combination of 蓑虫 minomushi, bagworm, and madam, indicating its exclusively female nature. Wormadam is a combination of the words bagworm and madam. Its French name, Cheniselle, comes from chenille and demoiselle.
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