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wriggler [rig-ler] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person or thing that wriggles.
- Also called wiggler, wiggle-tail. the larva of a mosquito.
Origin of wriggler First recorded in 1625–35; wriggle + -er1 Examples from the Web for wriggler Historical Examples of wriggler
The wriggler has a great deal to do yet before turning into a frog.
Arthur Ransome
I cannot understand whether he attacks me as a wriggler or a hammerer, but I am very sure that a deal of wriggling has to be done.
More Letters of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
The wriggler, although heavier than water, can hang suspended from the surface film by the tip of its breathing-tube.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition
Vernon L. Kellogg
The q-b sat next to me, asking for this and that music, none of which the wriggler could supply.
D. H. Lawrence
Within a few days the wriggler changes its skin three times; after the third change it looks very different, and is called a pupa.
Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia Moody