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===Origin===
===Origin===
Onix is most likely based on a combination of a {{wp|snake}} and {{wp|earthworm}}. It may also been based on the {{wp|European dragon|wyrm}}, a type of dragon that has been presented as limbless and burrowing.
Onix is most likely based on a combination of a {{wp|snake}} and {{wp|earthworm}}. It may also been based on the {{wp|European dragon|wyrm}}, a type of dragon that has been presented as limbless and burrowing. It's ability to navigate through with a magnet in its brain is a reference to {{wp|magnetoreception}}.


====Name origin====
====Name origin====
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