bone-eating snot flower worm

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• 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.