[Fictionary] UCALEGON results

[Pierre Abbat]

On Friday, December 23, 2022 5:56:39 PM EST Jean-Joseph Cote wrote:
> *ucalegon - n. - The part of a parasitic barnacle that wraps around the
> internal organs of the host.*
> from *Pierre*. Elliott 2, Linda 1, Fran 1, Joshua 2 = *6 points*
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> *Nicolas:* This reminds me of a SeaQuest DSV novel I read involving
> intelligent parasitic deep see worms which creeped me out as a kid.

Is there enough light down there for the worms to see?

> And that leaves us with:
> *ucalegon**- n. -**neighbor whose house is on fire or has burned down.*
> which is the definition that can be found in various online
> dictionaries, though not any of the print dictionaries that I checked.

Ucalegon was someone in the Trojan War. There's a tradition of naming 
asteroids near Lagrange points, of which there are large numbers in Jupiter's 
orbit, for people who took part in the Trojan War. There doesn't seem to be an 
asteroid named Ucalegon, though.

Pierre
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