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* Ambipom and {{p|Linoone}} are the only evolved Pokémon that have {{a|Pickup}}. | * Ambipom and {{p|Linoone}} are the only evolved Pokémon that have {{a|Pickup}}. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Aipom appears to have been based on a {{wp|monkey}}, with an exaggerated concept of a {{wp|prehensile tail}}. It may be specifically based on the {{wp|squirrel monkey}}, which is similar in appearance, and also shares its large smile with {{wp|Cymbal-banging monkey toy|cymbal monkeys}}. It is also similar to an {{wp|Ahuizotl (creature)|ahuizotl}}, a creature of Aztec mythology with monkey hands and a fifth human hand on its tail. | |||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Its English name comes from a combination of the prefix ''Ambi'', meaning ''both'', and possibly the word ''palm''. It could also come from ''ambidexterous'', meaning being both right- and left-handed, and ''palm''. | Its English name comes from a combination of the prefix ''Ambi'', meaning ''both'', and possibly the word ''palm''. It could also come from ''ambidexterous'', meaning being both right- and left-handed, and ''palm''. The Japanese name may contain 猿 ''en'', monkey, 手 ''te'', hand, and the English word ''both'', referring to the hands on its tail. エテ ''ete'' can also be taken to mean ''monkey''. | ||
The Japanese name may contain 猿 ''en'', monkey, 手 ''te'', hand, and the English word ''both'', referring to the hands on its tail. エテ ''ete'' can also be taken to mean ''monkey''. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
