Wiggler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gnatworm \Gnat"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially,
     {wiggler}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Wiggler \Wig"gler\, n. (Zool.)
     The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called
     also {wiggletail}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wiggler
       n 1: one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler
            was a real wiggler on plane trips" [syn: {wriggler}, {squirmer}]
       2: larva of a mosquito [syn: {wriggler}]
       3: terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;
          often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as
          bait by anglers [syn: {earthworm}, {angleworm}, {fishworm},
           {fishing worm}, {nightwalker}, {nightcrawler}, {crawler},
           {dew worm}, {red worm}]