No.690Gen 6 (Kalos)
Skrelp in Japanese
クズモー
Kuzumō
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クku
ズzu
モmo
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Skrelp looks like a piece of rotten seaweed, so it can blend in with seaweed drifting on the ocean and avoid being detected by enemies.腐った海藻のように見えるため、海藻に紛れて敵から身を隠す。
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