wiggler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one who can't stay still (especially a child)
    squirmer; wriggler.
    • the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips
  2. noun larva of a mosquito
    wriggler.
  3. noun 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; dew worm; fishworm; nightwalker; fishing worm; red worm; nightcrawler; crawler.

WordNet


Wig"gler noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.

Webster 1913