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bone-eating snot flower worms

bone-eating snot flower worms is the plural of bone-eating snot flower worm.

Meaning of bone-eating snot flower worm

Noun

bone-eating snot flower worm (plural bone-eating snot flower worms)

  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 Sea2005 October 19, “Bone-eating snot flower worm hitches a ride on whales”, in The Guardian

Questions about bone-eating snot flower worms

What is bone-eating snot flower worms the plural of?
Bone-eating snot flower worms is the plural of bone-eating snot flower worm.

Words near bone-eating snot flower worms in the dictionary

  1. bone-crushing dogs
  2. bone-deep
  3. bone-dry
  4. bone-eating snot flower
  5. bone-eating snot flower worm
  6. bone-eating snot flower worms
  7. bone-eating snot flowers
  8. bone-fire
  9. bone-fires
  10. bone-grubber
  11. bone-grubbers

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