The membranes of King Ghidorah's wings are still gold in color, but are made of smooth skin and not covered in scales. His body is covered in overlapping golden scales, which actually contain trace amounts of gold. This incarnation of King Ghidorah maintains the traditional core design of the character, being a giant bipedal dragon with three heads on long serpentine necks, two tails, and two large bat-like wings at his sides, which stands upright on his two hind legs. One ancient Sumerian text also called him The Death Song of Three Storms. This incarnation of the character is referred to simply as Ghidorah in-universe, with only merchandise and marketing using his full name. The addition of "King" (キング) to his name may have been influenced by King Dragon (キング・ドラゴン Kingu Doragon), the name given to Zmey Gorynych, upon which King Ghidorah's design was based, in the Japanese version of the Soviet film Ilya Muromets. It also, coincidentally or not, sounds very similar to the Russian pronunciation of "hydra" (Гидра, ˈɡʲidrə). The "Ghidorah" (ギドラ Gidora) part of King Ghidorah's name comes from the Japanese word for "hydra" (ヒドラ Hidora), which shares two of its three katakana characters with "Ghidorah". 5.1.4 Godzilla, Gamera, and Ghidorah: The Final Battle.
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