No.881Gen 8 (Galar)
Arctozolt in Japanese
パッチルドン
Patchirudon
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
パpa
ッdouble next
チchi
ルru
ドdo
ンn
💡 The small ッ doubles the next consonant, making a tiny pause (like the "tt" in "Pikka").
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
This Pokémon lived on prehistoric seashores and was able to preserve food with the ice on its body. It went extinct because it moved so slowly.先史時代の海岸に生息し、体に氷を張って食料を保存した。動きが遅く絶滅した。
The Japanese text is a translation of the English entry, written with kanji, hiragana and katakana. Try to spot the katakana words!
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