No.029Gen 1 (Kanto)
Nidoran♀ in Japanese
ニドラン♀
Nidoran ♀
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ニni
ドdo
ラra
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Even though they are small, they possess venomous stingers, so caution is necessary. Females have smaller horns.体は小さくても毒針を持っているので注意が必要。メスのほうが角が小さい。
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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