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| [[File:Sabrina Venomoth Adventures.png|thumb|Venomoth in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]] | | [[File:Sabrina Venomoth Adventures.png|thumb|200px|Venomoth in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]] |
| ===In the Pokémon Adventures manga=== | | ===In the Pokémon Adventures manga=== |
| Venomoth debuted in ''[[PS003|The Secret of Kangaskhan]]'', where {{adv|Blue}} defeated a {{pkmn2|wild}} one but didn't {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} it because he already had one. This was the first Pokémon to be shown with a [[Pokédex]] entry. | | Venomoth debuted in ''[[PS003|The Secret of Kangaskhan]]'', where {{adv|Blue}} defeated a {{pkmn2|wild}} one but didn't {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} it because he already had one. This was the first Pokémon to be shown with a [[Pokédex]] entry. |
Venomoth (Japanese: モルフォン Morphon) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Venonat starting at level 31.
Biology
Venomoth is an insectoid Pokémon whose body is varying shades of purple. Its head and thorax are light purple, and it has bulbous, round light blue eyes, a small mandible, and a three-point crest on its head. Tucked close to its thorax are three pairs of tiny, whitish legs. Its abdomen is paler with several black, zigzagging stripes encircling it. It has two pairs of pale purple moth-like wings with thin black venation. These wings are covered in dust-like scales that vary in color depending on their toxic capability. Dark scales are poisonous, while lighter scales can cause paralysis. These scales are released when Venomoth flutters its wings.
Venomoth lives in dense temperate forests with thick undergrowth and little light. As a nocturnal Pokémon, Venomoth comes out at night to hunt of its favorite prey. It prefers to feed on insects that gather around light, and Venomoth is attracted to bright lights itself.
In the anime
Major appearances
In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, after it evolved from Venonat, Koga used his Venomoth in a Gym battle against Ash, during which it battled Pidgeotto before the match was interrupted by Team Rocket.
In All Things Bright and Beautifly!, Chaz used a Venonat during the Rustboro City Pokémon Contest. During the Contest, it was able to advance to the Battle Stage and reach the final round, where it went up against Janet's Beautifly. Although both Coordinators gave it everything they had, Janet managed to defeat Chaz and won herself the Rustboro Ribbon.
In Shocks and Bonds, Katie used a Venomoth during her battle with Ash during the Ever Grande Conference. Venomoth's Disable caused Torkoal to be unable to use Iron Defense, so that her Golduck could knock out the Coal Pokémon with Hydro Pump. In the following episode, it used Disable once again to prohibit Swellow from using Peck. Despite this, it was eventually defeated by Swellow.
Minor appearances
A Venomoth appeared in the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, under the ownership of Raymond. Alongside two of his other Pokémon, it fought Ash's Pikachu, only for all of them to be defeated with Thunderbolt.
A Venomoth appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.
In Round One - Begin!, a Trainer's Venomoth competed in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
In Friends to the End, Assunta used a Venomoth to battle Ritchie's Butterfree, nicknamed Happy.
In Tracey Gets Bugged, a Venomoth was on Murcott Island.
In Misty Meets Her Match, Rudy's Venomoth was at the Trovita Gym.
In The Power of One, multiple Venomoth sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A Venomoth appeared in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.
In Illusion Confusion!, a group of Haunter and Gengar created the illusion of a Venomoth.
In The Bug Stops Here, a Venomoth was prompted to use Stun Spore after being scared by Jessie, who was dressed as a Venomoth in order to attract Bug-type Pokémon.
A Venomoth appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
Multiple Venomoth appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
A Venomoth appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Coordinator's Venomoth appeared in What I Did for Love!.
A Venomoth appeared in The Ole' Berate and Switch!, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Grunt.
In Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, a Coordinator's Venomoth competed in the Performance Stage of the Wallace Cup.
A Venomoth appeared in a flashback in A Trainer and Child Reunion!.
A Venomoth made a cameo appearance in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
In I Choose You!, a Venomoth fell under the control of Marshadow.
In Working My Way Back to Mew!, Goh caught a Venomoth. It reappeared in JN011 and JN014 and will reappear in JN023.
Pokédex entries
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EP032
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Venomoth
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Ash's Pokédex
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Venomoth, an evolved form of Venonat. Tiny scales on its wings disperse various spores when they are flapped.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Venomoth debuted in The Secret of Kangaskhan, where Blue defeated a wild one but didn't catch it because he already had one. This was the first Pokémon to be shown with a Pokédex entry.
A Venomoth appeared in Wake Up—You're Snorlax! when Red participated in the bike race held in Route 11.
In Valiant Venomoth!, Sabrina used a Venomoth in a battle against Lorelei.
The Battle Factory rented a Venomoth, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in Skirting Around Surskit I.
In Interrupting Ivysaur, a Venomoth under the ownership of a Veteran named Beck appeared during Platinum's challenge at the Battle Arcade.
A Venomoth appeared in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, under the ownership of a Double Team at the Safari Zone.
Two Venomoth were used by Team Flare in Zygarde Agitated.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon Adventures
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PS003
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The dust-like scales covering its wings are color coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has. It has a short life span, and appears to be the evolved form of a Venonat.
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In the Pokémon anime novelization series
Jet's Venomoth appeared in Race to Danger.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
A Venomoth appeared in A Match For Pokémon.
In the TCG
- Main article: Venomoth (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Kanto #049
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Red(ENG)
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The dust-like scales covering its wings are color coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has.
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Blue
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Yellow
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The powdery scales on its wings are hard to remove. They also contain poison that leaks out on contact.
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Stadium
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The powder on its wings is poisonous. It scatters the powder with every flap, so you may be poisoned if you are downwind.
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Generation II
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Johto #109
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Gold
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When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
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Silver
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The powder on its wings is poisonous if it is dark in color. If it is light, it causes paralysis.
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Crystal
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The scales it scatters will paralyze anyone who touches them, making that person unable to stand.
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Stadium 2
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When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
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Generation III
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Kanto #049
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Ruby
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Venomoth is nocturnal - it is a Pokémon that only becomes active at night. Its favorite prey are small insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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Venomoth are nocturnal — they only are active at night. Their favorite prey are insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.
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FireRed
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The wings are covered with dustlike scales. Every time it flaps its wings, it looses highly toxic dust.
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LeafGreen
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The dustlike scales covering its wings are color-coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has.
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Generation IV
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Johto #110
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Diamond
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It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
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SoulSilver
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The powder on its wings is poisonous if it is dark in hue. If it is light in hue, it causes paralysis.
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Generation V
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Black
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It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
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White
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It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Hoenn #—
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The scales it scatters will paralyze anyone who touches them, making that person unable to stand.
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The wings are covered with dustlike scales. Every time it flaps its wings, it looses highly toxic dust.
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Omega Ruby
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Venomoth is nocturnal—it is a Pokémon that only becomes active at night. Its favorite prey are small insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.
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Game locations
In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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70
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130 - 177
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250 - 344
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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Total: 450
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 90.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Venomoth in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Venomoth in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Venomoth can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Venomoth cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- In early official art of Venomoth, it was shown having yellow spots on the back of its wings. This was removed when later official artwork was released.
- Venomoth shares its category name with Dustox. They are both known as the Poison Moth Pokémon.
Origin
Venomoth seems to combine the idea of toxic tiger moths with the appearance of toxic swallowtail butterflies.
Name origin
Venomoth is likely a combination of venom and moth.
Morphon may be derived from metamorphosis or the butterfly genus, Morpho.
In other languages
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Japanese
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モルフォン Morphon
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May refer to the butterfly genus, Morpho
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French
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Aéromite
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From the prefix aero- and mite
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Spanish
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Venomoth
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Same as English name
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German
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Omot
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Shortened version of English name
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Italian
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Venomoth
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Same as English name
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Korean
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도나리 Donari
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From 독 dok, 날다 nalda, and 이 i
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Mandarin Chinese
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末入蛾 Mòrù'é
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From 末入 mòrù and 蛾 é. May also be from 粉末 fěnmò
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Cantonese Chinese
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魔魯風 Mōlóuhfūng
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Transliteration of Japanese name; the last character means wind
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Hindi
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वेनॉमोठ Venomoth
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Transcription of English name
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Lithuanian
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Venomotas
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From English name
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Russian
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Веномот Venomot
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Transcription of English name
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Thai
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มอร์ฟอน Morphon
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Transcription of trademarked Japanese name
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