@theotterone@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoA nutria enjoying a snacklemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1310file-text
arrow-up1310imageA nutria enjoying a snacklemmy.world@theotterone@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@theotterone@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoPretty sure it’s nutria: https://www.britannica.com/animal/nutria ; anyway enjoy the nice creature!
minus-square@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt’s basic pluralization. aquarium ➝ aquaria bacterium ➝ bacteria millennium ➝ millennia nutrium ➝ nutria
minus-squareradixlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nutria It says there, as well as in the Encyclopedia Britannica someone linked earlier, that “nutria” is the singular form.
minus-square@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat’s clearly a mistake on their part that requires correction.
minus-square@azulavoir@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year ago“did you read the dictionary” mfs when the dictionary disagrees with them (not all words are latinate in origin)
minus-square@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI guess not everyone can be as enlightened as me
Pretty sure it’s nutria: https://www.britannica.com/animal/nutria ; anyway enjoy the nice creature!
It’s basic pluralization.
aquarium ➝ aquaria
bacterium ➝ bacteria
millennium ➝ millennia
nutrium ➝ nutria
Did you read the provided article?
Did you read a dictionary?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nutria
It says there, as well as in the Encyclopedia Britannica someone linked earlier, that “nutria” is the singular form.
That’s clearly a mistake on their part that requires correction.
“did you read the dictionary” mfs when the dictionary disagrees with them (not all words are latinate in origin)
I guess not everyone can be as enlightened as me