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Noun: wiggler  wi-g(u-)lu(r)
  1. One who can't stay still (especially a child)
    "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips";
    - wriggler, squirmer
     
  2. Larva of a mosquito
    - 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
    - earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker [N. Amer], nightcrawler [N. Amer], crawler, dew worm, red worm, earth worm

Derived forms: wigglers

Type of: individual, larva, mortal, oligochaete, oligochaete worm, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: class Oligochaeta, Culicidae, family Culicidae, Oligochaeta

Encyclopedia: Wiggler