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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. vinegarplay

  Familiarity information: VINEGAR EEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VINEGAR EEL (noun)


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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