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** This also means that Steelix has the highest Defense stat of all {{type2|Steel}} and {{type2|Ground}} Pokémon, the highest single base stat of both types, along with the highest Defense of all evolved Pokémon. | ** This also means that Steelix has the highest Defense stat of all {{type2|Steel}} and {{type2|Ground}} Pokémon, the highest single base stat of both types, along with the highest Defense of all evolved Pokémon. | ||
* Inexplicably, Steelix is shown floating above the ground in all of the high-grade console games. | * Inexplicably, Steelix is shown floating above the ground in all of the high-grade console games. | ||
* Steelix and its {{p|Onix|pre-evolution}} are the only non-{{type2|Dragon}} Pokémon to learn {{m|DragonBreath}} by leveling up. | * Steelix and its {{p|Onix|pre-evolution}} are the only non-{{type2|Dragon}} Pokémon to learn {{m|DragonBreath}} by leveling up. | ||
* Steelix's cry is longer in Generations {{gen|III}} and {{gen|IV}} than it was in Generation II. | * Steelix's cry is longer in Generations {{gen|III}} and {{gen|IV}} than it was in Generation II. | ||
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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Steelix, like Onix, | Steelix, like Onix, is most likely based on a combination of a {{wp|snake}} and {{wp|earthworm}}. It may also been based on the {{wp|wyrm}}, a type of dragon that has been presented as limbless and burrowing. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Steelix's name is likely a combination of ''steel'' and ''Onix''. | Steelix's name is likely a combination of ''steel'' and ''Onix''. Its Japanese name is based on 鋼 ''hagane'', steel, possibly combined with the English word ''nail'' or ''tail''. | ||
Its Japanese name is based on 鋼 ''hagane'', steel, possibly combined with the English word ''nail'' or ''tail''. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||