| 单词 | zombie worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszombie worm zombie worm n. any of various marine (chiefly deep-sea) polychaete worms which comprise the genus Osedax and live on the bones of dead whales (and possibly other marine vertebrates). ΚΠ 2005 Science 25 Feb. 1191/2 A strange assortment of creatures then colonized the bones.., including several new species of the bone-eating zombie worm. 2015 Belfast Tel. Online (Nexis) 15 Apr. Scientists found that Osedax—popularised as the ‘zombie worm’—originated at least 100 million years ago, and subsisted on the bones of prehistoric reptiles. < as lemmas |
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