vinegar worm

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsvinegar eelAnguillula acetiTurbatrix aceti

   Broadereelworm

   Part ofAnguillula

Questions about vinegar worm

What does vinegar worm mean?

vinegar worm means "minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar".

What is another word for vinegar worm?

Close synonyms include vinegar eel, Anguillula aceti, Turbatrix aceti. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vinegar worm a common word?

vinegar worm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.