Archeo means old, pter means wing, is yx just a suffix or does it mean something in itself?
Archaeopteryx 🐦
Submitted 9 months ago by Deykun@kbin.social to science_memes@mander.xyz
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tegs_terry@feddit.uk 9 months ago
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The -yx comes from the Greek word “onyx” which means claw or talon. So, anything ending in a -yx is designated that way to say that it has sharp cutty bits that will hurt you.
tegs_terry@feddit.uk 9 months ago
My dog is Tony!
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Archaeopteryx answering you with air quotes … “yx”
akincisor@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
It’s high time we replaced Philosoraptor with Sarcastiopterix.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fun bio fact: there’s also an extinct plant named Archaeopteris, thought for some time to be the world’s first tree.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
And it got the worm because it was an early bird
Malgas@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Hadn’t learned to walk without rhythm yet.
kewwwi@lemmy.world 9 months ago
bawk baawk /s