bone-eating snot flower worm

noun1

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 Sea — 2005