Dorothea's wriggler

noun

The fish Allomicrodesmus dorotheae.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounDorothea's wriggler (plural Dorothea's wrigglers)

plural Dorothea's wrigglers

  1. The fish Allomicrodesmus dorotheae.

Origin

The name honours Dorothea Bowers Schultz, the wife of Leonard Peter Schultz, who illustrated the monograph in which this species is described, although not this species.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Dorothea's wriggler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorothea's%20wriggler

MLA

“Dorothea's wriggler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorothea's%20wriggler. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dorothea's wriggler,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorothea's%20wriggler.

Source: Dorothea's wriggler on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.