knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 months agoUnicorn rulepawb.socialimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down10
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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-26 months agoI’ve learnt that rhinoceros is rhino-ceros, from Greek meaning nose-horn.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-26 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-up10·6 months agoIn finnish its sarvikuono, or “hornsnout”
minus-squarehalva@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 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”
yeah same in russian (nosorog), ukrainian (nosorih), slovak (nosorožec), serbian (nosorog) and probs all other slavic languages xd