Comment on The word Unicorn is uni-corn, as in one corn(horn). That means we could also use bicorn, tricorn, etc.

dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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

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  • Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    To be fair, it’s a little easier if you’re in the medical field, because rhino- is actually used as a medical prefix

    An ear, nose, throat doctor’s full title is actually Otorhinolaryngology

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Means you can make up your own animals with horns in silly places and in arbitrary numbering:

    Tesseracephaceros, for example. I’m no etymologist but I think he’s got four horns on his head.

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• Oneser@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  And hippopotamus!

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