BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoThe word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn).message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareThe word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn).BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoWait until you find out the depth of creativity contained in the naming of the “rhinoceros”.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months ago The word rhinoceros is derived through Latin from the Ancient Greek: ῥῑνόκερως, which is composed of ῥῑνο- (rhino-, “nose”) and κέρας (keras, “horn”) with a horn on the nose. The name has been in use since the 14th century.[8] Little harder than uni and corn but still good
Wait until you find out the depth of creativity contained in the naming of the “rhinoceros”.
Little harder than uni and corn but still good