Holzmaden Wood Maggots -- what does it mean?

[FF7_Yuffie]

I see this in descriptions of a number of fossils from Holzmaden, Germany.

 

Example: "Belemnite Youngibelus gigas, made of wooden maggots" I have seen it before, I am guessing it is some translation error. But what is its actual meaning?

 

cheers

[DPS Ammonite]

Show us a picture of a fossil in question to help us with the German description.

[RuMert]

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

The German word for "wood" is "Holz", and the word for "maggot" is "Made", plural "Maden". So "wood maggots" is just a translation of the name "Holzmaden"...

[FF7_Yuffie]

cheers--I never thought to run wooden maggots in a translater.

 

[oilshale]

The name Holzmaden comes from „wood“ and „mahden“. Mahden is an old word for an area where grass is mowed.

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

2 hours ago, oilshale said:

The name Holzmaden comes from „wood“ and „mahden“. Mahden is an old word for an area where grass is mowed.

 

Didn't know that...! Very interesting and makes more sense than the literal translation Google provides