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 * Charmander is the only Fire-type starter that is in the {{egg3|Monster}}.
 ===Origin===
-Charmander may have been inspired by the mythical {{wp|Salamander (legendary creature)|salamanders}}, which were fire-spirits in the shape of lizards who were said survive in extreme heat or flames.
+Charmander may have been partially inspired by the {{wp|salamander}}, an amphibian bearing a slender body, short nose, and a long tail; it exhibits other physical lizard like characteristics. The salamander and Charmander themselves may have been {{wp|Salamander#Mythology_and_popular_culture|inspired}} by the mythological creature of the same name, the {{wp|Salamander (legendary creature)|salamander}}; fire-spirits who survive in extreme heat or flames, sometimes creatively rendered and interpreted to be in the shape of lizards.
 ====Name origin====
-Charmander is a combination of the words ''char'', to burn, and ''{{wp|salamander}}''. ''Hitokage'', on the other hand, comes from 火蜥蜴, which is also salamander.  火 ''hi'' and 蜥蜴 ''tokage'' separately means "fire lizard".
+Charmander is a portmanteau of the words ''char'', to burn, and ''{{wp|salamander}}''. ''Hitokage'', on the other hand, comes from 火蜥蜴, which is also salamander.  火 ''hi'' and 蜥蜴 ''tokage'' separately means "fire lizard".
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