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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s basic pluralization.

    aquarium ➝ aquaria

    bacterium ➝ bacteria

    millennium ➝ millennia

    nutrium ➝ nutria

        • meatand2veg@lemmynsfw.com
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          1 year ago

          It is a word borrowed from Spanish, according to merriam-webster. Therefore, the plural will be nutrias according to the rules of Spanish. All those other words, though probably latin or Greek in origin, have been in the English language long enough that they are no longer borrowed words and therefore follow English grammar rules.

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          “did you read the dictionary” mfs when the dictionary disagrees with them (not all words are latinate in origin)