knightly the Sneptaur to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 months agoUnicorn ruleimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down10
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minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-28 months agoI’ve learnt that rhinoceros is rhino-ceros, from Greek meaning nose-horn.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-28 months agoThat’s literally their name in German (Nashorn), Dutch (Neushoorn), and the Nordic languages (S: Noshörning, DK: Næsehorn, N: Na/eshorn).
minus-squareKallioapina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoIn finnish its sarvikuono, or “hornsnout”
minus-squarehalva@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoyeah same in russian (nosorog), ukrainian (nosorih), slovak (nosorožec), serbian (nosorog) and probs all other slavic languages xd
I’ve learnt that rhinoceros is rhino-ceros, from Greek meaning nose-horn.
That’s literally their name in German (Nashorn), Dutch (Neushoorn), and the Nordic languages (S: Noshörning, DK: Næsehorn, N: Na/eshorn).
In finnish its sarvikuono, or “hornsnout”
Boop da snout
yeah same in russian (nosorog), ukrainian (nosorih), slovak (nosorožec), serbian (nosorog) and probs all other slavic languages xd