• sundray
        OPEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        FWIW the suffix -poda means “feet.” So the panda family’s name literally translates as “cat-like-feet”! 🐱 🦶

    • sundray
      OPEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      The prefix ailuro- does mean cat, in much the same way that the word “felis” means cat.

      But I’m not enough of a pedant to try to argue the point though – in our crazy, anything goes modern world, people use whole words in place of prefixes all the time, and that’s okay: languages change! Just like ailuro- used to be Greek, and then got pulled into Latin! 😆

  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    Just wanted to say that I love these every time I see them, so thank you for sharing them so regularly!

    • sundray
      OPEnglish
      81·
      2 months ago

      Thank you! I’m a big fan of Grant Snider’s work, and I’m happy to share it with others :)

  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    If I had a nickel for every post I saw today about oxbows, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

  • craftyindividual@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 months ago

    For some reason a perfectly fine river will often insist on forming and oxbow and complete ruining a straight path :/

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      2 months ago

      nope

      Patina is a thin layer that variously forms on the surface of copper, brass, bronze, and similar metals and metal alloys (tarnish produced by oxidation or other chemical processes), or certain stones and wooden furniture (sheen produced by age, wear, and polishing), or any similar acquired change of a surface through age and exposure.