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WRIGGLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larva of a mosquito
Synonyms:
wiggler; wriggler
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wriggler" 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 ("wriggler" is a member of...):
Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Sense 2
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 ("wriggler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
wriggle (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling))
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