No.320Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Wailmer in Japanese
ホエルコ
Hoeruko
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
ホho
エe
ルru
コko
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
When it sucks in a large volume of seawater, it becomes like a big, bouncy ball. It eats a ton of food daily.大量の海水を吸い込むと大きな弾むボールのようになります。毎日大量の餌を食べます。
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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