wig·gler
(wĭg′lər)n.1. One that wiggles, such as a worm or a restless child.
2. The larva of a mosquito.
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wig•gler
(ˈwɪg lər)
n. 1. a person or thing that wiggles.
3. Southern U.S. an earthworm.
[1890–95]
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Noun | 1. | wiggler - one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips" |
| 2. | wiggler - larva of a mosquito 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 |
| 3. | wiggler - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglersoligochaete, oligochaete worm - hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
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