A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small
fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.
A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has
transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.
Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. "A vernacula...