HyperDic: wiggler

English > 3 senses of the word wiggler:
NOUNperson wiggler, wriggler, squirmerone who can't stay still (especially a child)
animalwiggler, wrigglerlarva of a mosquito
animalwiggler, earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red wormterrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
English > wiggler: 3 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningOne who can't stay still (especially a child).
Example"the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips"
Synonymswriggler, squirmer
Broaderperson, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soulA human being
Spanishsquirmer
Catalansquirmer
Verbswigglemove to and fro
English > wiggler: 3 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaninglarva of a mosquito.
Synonymwriggler
Member ofCulicidae, family Culicidaemosquitoes
BroaderlarvaThe 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
Spanishlarva de mosquito, larva
Verbswigglemove to and fro
English > wiggler: 3 senses > noun 3, animal
Meaningterrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
Synonymsearthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm
Member ofOligochaeta, class Oligochaetaearthworms
Broaderoligochaete, oligochaete wormhermaphroditic terrestrial / terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
Spanishgusano, lombriz
Catalancuc de terra, llambric
Verbswigglemove to and fro

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