WIGGLER

earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm

(noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

wiggler, wriggler

(noun) larva of a mosquito

wiggler, wriggler, squirmer

(noun) one who can’t stay still (especially a child); “the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wiggler (plural wigglers)

Anything that wiggles.

The larva of a mosquito.

(Southern US) An earthworm.

(physics) A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.

Anagrams

• wriggle

Source: Wiktionary


Wig"gler, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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