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wiggler

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: wiggler

1
n
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
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n
one who can't stay still (especially a child)
3
n
larva of a mosquito
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: wiggler
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n terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

Synonyms:
angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm
Type of:
oligochaete, oligochaete worm
hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
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n one who can't stay still (especially a child)

“the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips”
Synonyms:
squirmer, wriggler
Type of:
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being
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n larva of a mosquito

Synonyms:
wriggler
Type of:
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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