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wiggler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wiggler has 3 senses
- wiggler(n = noun.person) squirmer, wriggler - one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips" is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- wiggler(n = noun.animal) wriggler - larva of a mosquito; Array is a member of culicidae, family culicidae
- wiggler(n = noun.animal) angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers; Array is a member of class oligochaeta, oligochaeta
Derived form verb wiggle1
is a kind of larva
Derived form verb wiggle1
is a kind of oligochaete, oligochaete worm
Derived form verb wiggle1
CIDE DICTIONARY
wiggler, n.
The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail . [1913 Webster]
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