010-012: Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
Generic Epithet: Erucella ("little caterpillar")
Specific Epithets:
- Caterpie: Erucella filiproicienta ("string-shooting little-caterpillar")
- "filum" - string + "prōiciēns" - shooting, firing, projecting
- -- > [ filo- ] + [ prōicient- ] -- stems
- -- > [ filo- ] + connecting vowel -i- + [ prōicient- ] -- with connecting vowel
- -- > [ fili- ] + [ prōicient- ] -- connecting vowel assimilates final o in [ filo- ]
- -- > [ filiprōicient- ] -- new stem
- = "filiprōicientus -a -um" -- new Latin word meaning "string-shooting"
- Metapod: Erucella transformans ("transforming little-caterpillar")
- Butterfree: Erucella papilioniformis ("papilioniform little-caterpillar")
013-015: Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
Generic Epithet: Venenapicula ("little poison bee")
- "venēnum" - poison + "apicula " - little bee
- -- > [ venēno- ] + [ apiculā- ] -- stems
- -- > [ venēn- ] + [ apiculā- ] -- leading a in [ apiculā- ] assimilates final o in [ venēno- ]
- -- > [ venēnapiculā- ] -- new stem
- = "venēnapicula" -- new Latin word for little poison bee
Specific Epithets:
- Weedle: Venenapicula vermiformis ("vermiform little-poison-bee")
- Kakuna: Venenapicula tecta ("sheltered little-poison-bee")
- Beedrill: Venenapicula acuta ("sharp little-poison-bee")
016-018: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Generic Epithet: Graminicolumba ("grass-pigeon")
Generic Epithet: Graminicolumba ("grass-pigeon")
- "grāmen, grāminis " - grass + "columba, columbae " - pigeon
- -- > [ grāmin- ] + [ columbā- ] -- stems
- -- > [ grāmin- ] + connecting vowel -i- + [ columbā- ] -- components
- -- > [ grāmini- ] + [ columbā- ]
- -- > [ grāminicolumbā- ] -- new stem
- = "grāminicolumba" -- new Latin word for grass-pigeon
Specific Epithets:
- Pidgey: Graminicolumba parvula ("tiny grass-pigeon")
- Pidgeotto: Graminicolumba unguiculata ("clawed grass-pigeon")
- Pidgeot: Graminicolumba velox ("swift grass-pigeon")
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