Cottonee (Japanese: モンメン Monmen) is a dual-type Grass/Fairy Pokémon introduced in Generation V. Prior to Generation VI, it was a pure Grass-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Whimsicott when exposed to a Sun Stone.
Biology
Cottonee is a white, circular Pokémon. It has white, puffy sections on the top of its head and its underside. Behind it is a green, star-shaped section similar to the area where a plant connects to its produce. It has orange, oval-shaped eyes, and furled, notched leaves on the sides of its body.
Cottonee is blown around by the wind because of its lightweight composition. The only circumstance in which it cannot be blown by the wind is when it has been soaked by rain, which weighs it down and makes it soggy. Afterwards, this Pokémon will stay under a tree until it dries, so that it may be blown by the wind again. During the mating season, Cottonee blow in the wind in large groups. Its cotton can be used as a defensive mechanism; when threatened, it will expel cotton as a distraction so that it may escape. The lost cotton will grow back quickly. Cottonee's cotton is used to manufacture top-quality pillows and beds that are soft, puffy, light, and airy. When Cottonee's cotton is weaved together with Eldegoss's cotton, it makes a cloth that is popular with many luxury brands.
Evolution
Cottonee evolves into Whimsicott.
In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Multiple Cottonee debuted in Cottonee in Love!. A male Cottonee was chasing after a female he liked. When he was rejected for being weak, Ash and his friends helped him become stronger so he could impress her, and joined in a mass migration of the species. They reappeared in a flashback in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!.
Minor appearances
In White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, multiple Cottonee were in Mannes's garden.
In The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!, Antonio's Cottonee was knocked out by Dino's Tranquill during the quarterfinals of the Club Battle tournament.
In Lost at the Stamp Rally!, a Cottonee performed in a Pokémon Musical.
Multiple Cottonee appeared in A Maractus Musical!, including one in a flashback.
Multiple Cottonee appeared in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!.
In The Lonely Deino!, multiple Cottonee were under Bobby's care.
Multiple Cottonee appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 and Part 2.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in Cilan Takes Flight!.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.
In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, a Cottonee was living at Stonesthrow Town.
A Cottonee appeared in a flashback in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.
Multiple Cottonee appeared in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice, with one of them appearing during the Swords of Justice legend.
Multiple Cottonee appeared in Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!.
Multiple Cottonee appeared in Curtain Up, Unova League!, all under the ownership of a Trainer.
In Secrets From Out of the Fog!, multiple Cottonee were living at N's hideout.
In a flashback in The Island of Illusions!, a Cottonee was at the Grand Spectrala Islet Pokémon Center.
Five Trainers' Cottonee appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, a Cottonee was playing in Lillie's garden. It reappeared in The Ol' Raise and Switch!.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in Now You See Them, Now You Don't!.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in Tough Guy Trials!.
In Securing the Future!, five Trainers' Cottonee joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!.
A Cottonee appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.
A Cottonee appeared in HZ001, under the ownership of a student of Indigo Academy.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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BW029
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Cottonee
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Ash's Pokédex
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Cottonee, the Cotton Puff Pokémon. Cottonee shoots cotton to distract its opponent when attacked, and travels around wherever the blowing wind carries it.
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Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer
A Cottonee appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of a resident of Aspertia City.
In the manga
Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners
A Cottonee appeared in a fantasy in BWGP01.
Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder
A Cottonee appeared in Justice Trainer Shin Appears!, under the ownership of a girl. It was rescued from Togari by Shin.
A Cottonee appeared in Clash! White Hero vs Black Hero.
Pokémon Adventures
A Hiker named Andy uses a Cottonee during his Triple Battle with Black in Black's First Trainer Battle. However, he was defeated after Andy became dehydrated. It was revealed that after many losses, Andy's Cottonee was training to overcome his weakness to Fire-types.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in An Odd Speech.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in Drawing Bridges.
A Cottonee appeared in a fantasy in A Misunderstanding.
A Trainer's Cottonee appeared in Angry Boy.
A Cottonee appeared in Unleashing the Incredible Z-Move.
A wild Cottonee appeared in Battle in Vast Poni Canyon as a resident of the Poni Wilds.
Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~
A Cottonee appeared in The Green Scroll: Kenshin's Adventure.
A Cottonee appeared in The Black Scroll: Nobunaga's Ambition.
In the TCG
- Main article: Cottonee (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation V
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Unova BW: #052
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Unova B2W2: #082
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Black
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When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker.
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White
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They go wherever the wind takes them. On rainy days, their bodies are heavier, so they take shelter beneath big trees.
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Black 2
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Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Kalos #—
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Hoenn #—
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X
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When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker.
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Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
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Omega Ruby
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When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
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Generation VII
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Alola SM: #087
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Alola USUM: #105
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Kanto #—
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
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Sun
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When it finds others of its kind, they all stick together. When enough of them have collected, the mass resembles a cumulonimbus cloud.
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Moon
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Pillows and beds stuffed with cotton exhaled by Cottonee are soft and puffy, light and airy—altogether top quality.
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Ultra Sun
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To protect itself, it shoots cotton from its body. When it gets wet in the rain, its cotton grows moist and heavy, and it can't move as well.
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Ultra Moon
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When attacked, it expels cotton from its body to create a diversion. The cotton it loses grows back in quickly.
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Generation VIII
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Galar #262
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Galar Crown Tundra #168
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Sinnoh #—
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Hisui #—
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
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Sword
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It shoots cotton from its body to protect itself. If it gets caught up in hurricane-strength winds, it can get sent to the other side of the Earth.
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Shield
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Weaving together the cotton of both Cottonee and Eldegoss produces exquisite cloth that's highly prized by many luxury brands.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation VIII
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.
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In events
Games
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Event
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Gigantamax
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Location
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Level
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Distribution period
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SwSh
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Wild Area News
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No
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hide
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17, 30
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April 28 to May 11, 2020
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Held items
In-game trades
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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40
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100 - 147
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190 - 284
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27
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28 - 86
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53 - 168
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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37
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37 - 97
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71 - 190
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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66
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63 - 129
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123 - 254
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Total: 280
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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.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
Cottonee is available in Sword and Shield.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cottonee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cottonee
- 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 Cottonee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cottonee
- 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 Cottonee in Generation VIII
- 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 Cottonee in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cottonee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cottonee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cottonee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cottonee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cottonee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cottonee
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds
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Base HP: 45
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Base Attack: 65
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Base Defense: 49
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Base Speed: 60
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Evolution data
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
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Trivia
- Cottonee and its evolved form were designed by Atsuko Nishida.[1]
- Cottonee and Petilil can be seen as counterparts. They both evolve once using a Sun Stone and share a base stat total of 280. Additionally, Cottonee is exclusive to Pokémon Black, Black 2, Sun, and Ultra Sun, while Petilil is exclusive to Pokémon White, White 2, Moon, and Ultra Moon. They also have similar movesets.
- Cottonee has the lowest base Attack stat of all Grass-type Pokémon.
Origin
Cottonee is based on a ball of cotton and a sheep;[1] the connection appears to be made because both cotton and sheep produce clothing material. Its leaves may also allude to the lamb's ear plant, while the way it lets the wind move itself is similar to dandelion seeds and clouds.
Name origin
Cottonee may be derived from cotton, cottony, cottonweed, and possibly wee (small).
Monmen may be derived from 木綿 momen (cotton).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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モンメン Monmen
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From 木綿 momen
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French
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Doudouvet
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From doudou and duvet
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Spanish
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Cottonee
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Same as English name
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German
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Waumboll
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From Baumwolle
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Italian
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Cottonee
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Same as English name
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Korean
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소미안 Somian
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From 소 (小) so and 면 (綿) myeon
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Mandarin Chinese
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木棉球 Mùmiánqiú
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From 木棉 mùmián and 棉球 miánqiú
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Cantonese Chinese
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木棉球 Muhkmìhnkàuh
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From 木棉 muhkmìhn and 棉球 mìhnkàuh
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More languages
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Russian
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Коттони Kottoni
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Transcription of English name
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Serbian
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Kotoni
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From the English name
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Thai
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โมนเมน Monmen
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Transcription of Japanese name
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References
External links
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