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VINEGAR EEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vinegar eel mean?
• VINEGAR EEL (noun)
The noun VINEGAR EEL has 1 sense:
1. minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar
Familiarity information: VINEGAR EEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anguillula aceti; Turbatrix aceti; vinegar eel; vinegar worm
Hypernyms ("vinegar eel" is a kind of...):
eelworm (any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms)
Holonyms ("vinegar eel" is a member of...):
Anguillula; genus Anguillula; genus Turbatrix; Turbatrix (a genus of Cephalobidae)
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