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Snover is a white and brown creature that resembles a snow-covered fir tree. It has two, legless feet that slightly resemble tree roots. Snover has a short, stubby tail and two small spikes on its back that resemble mountains. Its hands are green with four fingers. The eyes that Snover has are white with green pupils. It appears to have a hat that resembles a group of three mountains.
Gender differences
Two-thirds of a male Snover's main body is brown, while in a female, only the lower third of its body is brown.
Snover made its debut in the ANA Flight Short, "Pikachu's Exploration Club". Dawn's Piplup and Ash's Aipom bump into one while wandering around in a cave and it went on a rampage.
Alongside its evolution, Abomasnow, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, and Celebi, Snover has the most weaknesses in the game, with 7 types super-effective against it.
As of Generation IV, Snover is the last Pokémon in the National Dex that evolves into another Pokémon.
Origin
Snover appears to have been based on the daikon radish, also known as the winter radish, which are traditionally harvested and eaten during the winter. It's also possible that Snover was made to resemble a snow-covered fir tree. Its 'hat' resembles three mountain peaks.
Name origin
Snover may be derived from snow and clover or cover – as in covered with snow. Alternatively, it could be a shortening of the phrase "snowed over."
Yukikabli's name comes the Japanese words 雪 yuki, snow, and 頭 kaburi, head. Alternatively, 蕪菁 kabu is Japanese for turnip, -bli may come from blizzard, and 被せる kabuseru means to cover – in this case, with snow.
Its German name, Shnebedeck, comes from Schnee and bedeckt. Its French name, Blizzi, comes from blizzard.
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