wiggler

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noun

The larva of a mosquito.

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Meanings

nounwiggler (plural wigglers)

plural wigglers

  1. Anything that wiggles.
    1. The larva of a mosquito.

      Synonyms: wriggler

    2. Southern USAn earthworm.
    3. businessAny of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.

      Synonyms: wriggler

    4. natural sciencesA magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe larva of a mosquito.

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wriggler

nounAny of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.

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wriggler

More synonyms by meaning

nounone who can't stay still (especially a child)

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wrigglersquirmer
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actordoerworker

nounlarva of a mosquito

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wriggler
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larva

nounterrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

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earthwormanglewormfishwormfishing wormnightwalkernightcrawlercrawlerdew wormred worm
Broader
oligochaeteoligochaete worm
Also see
anglewormcrawlerearthwormfishing wormfishwormgnatwormnightcrawlernightwalkerred wormsquirmerwriggler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From wiggle + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

wriggle
Cite this entry
APA

wiggler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiggler

MLA

“wiggler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiggler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wiggler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiggler.

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