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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Its design appears to be a | Its design appears to be a freshwater {{wp|turtle}}, further mixed with aspects of a {{wp|tank}}. Blastoise's cannons may have been derived from the functioning tubes found in {{wp|mussel}}s and some other shellfish, thus its species name. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Blastoise's name is a combination of ''blast'', referring to its cannons, and ''{{wp|tortoise}}''. ''Kamex'' comes from the Japanese word for tortoise/turtle, 亀 ''kame'', and possibly マックス ''makkusu'', or ''max'', as in ''maximum''. Blastoise's name may also come from the word {{wp|Blastoid}}, which are an extinct type of stemmed {{wp|echinoderm}} with small hickory nut shaped fossils. | Blastoise's name is a combination of ''blast'', referring to its cannons, and ''{{wp|tortoise}}''. ''Kamex'' comes from the Japanese word for tortoise/turtle, 亀 ''kame'', and possibly マックス ''makkusu'', or ''max'', as in ''maximum''. Blastoise's name may also come from the word {{wp|Blastoid}}, which are an extinct type of stemmed {{wp|echinoderm}} with small hickory nut shaped fossils. | ||