vinegar-eeln. a minute nematoid worm ( Anguillula aceti) breeding in vinegar.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > family Anguillulidae > member of genus Angillula
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1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 113/2 The Anguillula aceti, or common Vinegar-eel.