wiggler
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈwɪɡlər/
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lombriz
- Anglers often use wigglers, as they are an effective bait for catching fish.
- a red wiggler
- wiggler worm
Examples
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We've got the red wrigglers, and then we also have, I think, a pound or a half a pound of European worms as well.
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In January, I started my red-worm wigglers composting bin, and it is wiggling around very nicely!
Blog text (12) -
Excuse me, but this is the hole these wigglers crawled out of, right?
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Groups of students got a paper plate full of compost and red wigglers to meet up close and personal.
Academic text (1997) -
"These are composting worms, known as red wigglers.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Mandy reached into the bucket and gingerly touched a red wiggler.
Fiction book (2001) -
ORE purchased 300 pounds of red wiggler worms and put them to use in the vermistabilization unit in July 1998.
Academic text (1998) -
Meanwhile, we cut pieces of bait and baited hooks, dropped lines, and did or didn't pull in a wiggler.
Fiction book (2000) -
There were two sizes of crickets, two of minnows, and four varieties of worms, from the tiny red wigglers up to fat, sluggish night crawlers.
Fiction book (1993) -
The gardener added wigglers to the soil to help improve its aeration and fertility.
Synonyms
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1.3
A small long worm that lives in soil and helps make soil healthy
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7.0
A large earthworm that comes out at night and people use for bait
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5.4
A small worm that lives in soil and is often used as bait for fish
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2.1
A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
A large worm used for fish bait that comes out at night
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
A worm, often an earthworm, used to catch fish
A common earthworm used as bait for fishing
A worm that people use as bait to catch fish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wiggler comes from the verb wiggle ('move with short, quick movements') plus the ending -er ('one who'), so gardeners and fishers call earthworms wigglers because the worms 'wiggle' as they burrow and help the soil.