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  • UK:
    • IPA: /bəʊn iːtɪŋ ˈsnɒt flaʊə wɜːm/
  • US:
    • IPA: /boʊn itɪŋ ˈsnɑt flaʊɚ wɝm/
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suomiOsedax mucofloris

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. (biology) A worm-like creature, Osedax mucofloris, that feeds on the carcasses of minke whales in the North Sea.

Esimerkit

  • 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
  • Such a range of habitats along with a wide range of feeding strategies, including predation, deposit feeding, filter feeding, parasitism and symbiosis, as well as the unusual strategy adopted by the bone-eating snot-flower worm

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkobone-eating snot flower worms