Talk:bone-eating snot flower worm

RFV discussion: July–October 2012

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bone-eating snot flower worm

Equinox ◑ 19:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

This is a bad translation, since the generic name Osedax ('bone-eater') is the noun, and the specific epithet mucofloris ('snot flower') modifies it. It is, however, the translation used consistently since the discovery was first announced, and there are plenty of cites on Usenet for it (both with and without "worm"). Chuck Entz (talk) 20:19, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

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Oddly, I only see two Usenet hits for it. It's mentioned in a couple of Google Books, but not used. - -sche (discuss) 09:10, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I saw no Usenet hits for this (searching with quotes). I have added one cite I know is durably archived, from a print newspaper, one from a scholarly journal (Development)that I don't know is in print, and one from CNN. DCDuring TALK 11:57, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Now cited IMHO. DCDuring TALK 12:06, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

Passed :) thank you! - -sche (discuss) 18:28, 13 October 2012 (UTC)