snottite

洞穴涕石

发音

UK /ˈsnɒtaɪt/
其它
US /ˈsnɑtaɪt/

词形变化

snottites 复数 snottites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A colony of single-celled extremophilic bacteria that hangs in a sheet (having the consistency of snot or nasal mucus) from the ceilings of some caves like stalactites.

    洞穴涕石

    生物

词源

Blend of snot (“mucus, especially nasal mucus”) + stalactite, possibly coined by James A. Pisarowicz in unpublished field notes of an exploration of the Villa Luz Cave in Tabasco, Mexico, in 1988.

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