That means we could also use bicorn, tricorn, etc.

  • someguy3@lemmy.worldOP
    12·
    11 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

    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      11 months 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.