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WIGGLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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; wiggler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wiggler" is a kind of...):
oligochaete; oligochaete worm (hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body)
Holonyms ("wiggler" is a member of...):
class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)
Derivation:
wiggle (move to and fro)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Larva of a mosquito
Synonyms:
wiggler; wriggler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("wiggler" is a kind 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)
Holonyms ("wiggler" is a member of...):
Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Derivation:
wiggle (move to and fro)
Sense 3
Meaning:
One who can't stay still (especially a child)
Example:
the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips
Synonyms:
squirmer; wiggler; wriggler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wiggler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
wiggle (move to and fro)
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