NOUN | person | wiggler, wriggler, squirmer | one who can't stay still (especially a child) |
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animal | wiggler, wriggler | larva of a mosquito | |
animal | wiggler, earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
Meaning | One who can't stay still (especially a child). | |
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Example | "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips" | |
Synonyms | wriggler, squirmer | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Spanish | squirmer | |
Catalan | squirmer | |
Verbs | wiggle | move to and fro |
Meaning | larva of a mosquito. | |
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Synonym | wriggler | |
Member of | Culicidae, family Culicidae | mosquitoes |
Broader | 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 |
Spanish | larva de mosquito, larva | |
Verbs | wiggle | move to and fro |
Meaning | terrestrial / 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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Synonyms | earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm | |
Member of | Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta | earthworms |
Broader | oligochaete, oligochaete worm | hermaphroditic terrestrial / terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
Spanish | gusano, lombriz | |
Catalan | cuc de terra, llambric | |
Verbs | wiggle | move to and fro |
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