No.455Gen 4 (Sinnoh)
Carnivine in Japanese
マスキッパ
Masukippa
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マma
スsu
キki
ッdouble next
パpa
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Though this is a plant Pokémon, it has a gluttonous and unruly temperament. Carnivine attacks its prey with its cavernous maw wide open.植物だが食いしん坊で手に負えない。大きな口で獲物を丸呑みにします。
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