No.317Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Swalot in Japanese
マルノーム
Marunōmu
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マma
ルru
ノno
ーlong vowel
ムmu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Swalot has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this Pokémon’s mouth.歯がないため、食べたものは何でも丸飲みします。大きな口は自動車のタイヤさえ飲み込めるほどです。
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