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wiggler

wiggler

1 8.7
A young mosquito that swims in standing water and wiggles
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪɡlər/
  • US
translation icon : larva

Examples

  • Just the idea of those wigglers gave him the shivers.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • You like little wigglers?

    Super Mario Bros. (1993)

  • They do produce fertile eggs that went to wigglers before the BN cleaned them out.

    Blog text (1)

  • In the warm sunlight, the water was full of tiny wigglers moving around beneath the surface.

  • If you want to catch mosquitoes, try checking the stagnant water for any wigglers swimming about.

  • The pond's clarity revealed numerous wigglers dancing in the water, a sign of a healthy ecosystem.

Synonyms

wriggler
vswiggler
  • UK
7.6

A small larva that lives in water and moves by twisting

has identical meaning but is a common spelling variant

Surface Forms

wiggler singular
wigglers plural

Morphology

wiggler = wiggle (transparent) = wiggle + er

Formed by adding the agent/nominalizing suffix '-er' to 'wiggle', yielding 'one that wiggles' or something that wiggles.

Etymology

Wiggler comes from the verb wiggle ('move with short, quick movements') plus the ending -er ('one who'), and it was used for mosquito larvae because they 'wiggle' a lot as they swim in standing water.