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wriggler

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wrig·gler  (rglr)
n.
1. The larva of a mosquito.
2. One that wriggles or squirms.
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Noun1.wriggler - one who can't stay still (especially a child)wriggler - one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips"
squirmer, wiggler
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
2.wriggler - larva of a mosquitowriggler - larva of a mosquito                  
wiggler
Culicidae, family Culicidae - mosquitoes
larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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