Preferred term
stone lice
Definition
- rodent-like mite in the order Fictional Rodents, between 20 and 24 mm in length which consumes about 28 kilograms of stone per day, depending on the density and tastiness of said stone. Loriot gave some deadpan comments on a filmed building implosion, mentioning the shy rodent to be at lunch in its natural habitat (before the explosion). , "Die Steinlaus (wissenschaftlich Petrophaga lorioti) ist ein zum Stamm der Fabelwesen gehörendes Nagetier, circa 20–24 mm lang. Die Steinlaus wurde zuerst 1976 vom Humoristen Loriot bei Forschungsarbeiten an einer Parodie auf den Frankfurter Zoologen Dr. Bernhard Grzimek entdeckt.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- petrophaga lorioti
Scope note
- Pschyrembel
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
French
- pou de pierre
German
- Steinlaus
Greek
- πέτρες ψείρα
Hungarian
- követ tetű
Italian
- pidocchio petrovoro
Slovenian
- uš kamni
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/10160