VINEGAR WORM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar

Synonyms:

Anguillula aceti; Turbatrix aceti; vinegar eel; vinegar worm

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("vinegar worm" is a kind of...):

eelworm (any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms)

Holonyms ("vinegar worm" is a member of...):

Anguillula; genus Anguillula; genus Turbatrix; Turbatrix (a genus of Cephalobidae)

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