bone-eating snot flower worm

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /bəʊn iːtɪŋ ˈsnɒt flaʊə wɜːm/    美 /boʊn itɪŋ ˈsnɑt flaʊɚ wɝm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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

词形变化

bone-eating snot flower worms plural

词源

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.
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