vinegar eel

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noun

a minute nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, common in vinegar, fermenting paste, etc.

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Also called vinegar worm .

Origin of vinegar eel

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby vinegar eel

vineal, vine cactus, vined, vinedresser, vinegar, vinegar eel, vinegarette, vinegar fly, vinegarish, vinegarroon, vinegarweed

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How to use vinegar eel in a sentence

Raw eel seemed to be popular during and after the Middle Ages.
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Caligula drank “pearls of great price dissolved in vinegar.”
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lohse and his beleaguered fellow pledges were, he claims, forced to chug vinegar and to dine on the dreaded “vomlet.”
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today, Eel Pie Island is home to a mellower bunch: retirees, artists, and the like.
The Isle Where the Rolling Stones Began|Nina Strochlic|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

These are just a few of the famous visitors to Eel Pie Island, a centuries-old refuge for musicians, hippies, and writers.
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Narcotic poisons are neutralized by vinegar:—Narcotics … torpor … strong wine … sour wine … vinegar.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.
His Last Week|William E. Barton
Stanley Hall also went for pastime, and Billy Towler slid into the boat like an eel, without leave, just as it pushed off.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Battle of Vinegar hill, at which the Irish rebels were completely routed and the insurrection crushed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Either of them, or distilled vinegar alone, may be rubbed into a bald patch with a tooth-brush.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for vinegar eel

vinegar eel

noun

a nematode worm, Anguillula aceti, that feeds on the organisms that cause fermentation in vinegar and other liquidsAlso called: vinegar worm, eelworm

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