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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Anything that wiggles.; The larva of a mosquito.
2. 2
   terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers wordnet
3. 3
   Anything that wiggles.; An earthworm. Southern-US
4. 4
   larva of a mosquito wordnet
5. 5
   Anything that wiggles.; Any of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.

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6. 6
   one who can't stay still (especially a child) wordnet
7. 7
   Anything that wiggles.; A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in an accelerator.

Synonyms

All synonyms

wriggleranglewormcaterpillarcrawlerdew wormearthworm

Etymology

From wiggle + -er.

Related phrases

red wiggler

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