bone-eating snot flower worm
noun/bəʊn iːtɪŋ ˈsnɒt flaʊə wɜːm/UK/boʊn itɪŋ ˈsnɑt flaʊɚ wɝm/US
Etymology
A slight misunderstanding of the taxonomic name Osedax mucofloris, which actually means "snot-flower bone-eater", with mucofloris modifying Osedax rather than the other way around.
Definitions
A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in…
A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea.
- Bone-eating snot flower (Osedax mucofloris) is the unglamorous name given to a species of worm discovered feeding off minke whale carcasses in the North Sea
- Once all the meat has been stripped away, even the bones provide food for a creature called the "bone-eating snot flower worm" (Osedax mucofloris).
- Known informally as the bone-eating snot-flower worm, it looks like a frilly pink plume growing up out of sheer bone
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