No.303Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Mawile in Japanese
クチート
Kuchīto
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クku
チchi
ーlong vowel
トto
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It chomps with its gaping mouth. Its huge jaws are actually steel horns that have been transformed.大きく開いた口で獲物を噛み砕きます。その巨大な顎は変形した鋼の角です。
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