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    WRIGGLER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Larva of a mosquitoplay

    Synonyms:

    wiggler; wriggler

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wriggler" is a kind of...):

    larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

    Holonyms ("wriggler" is a member of...):

    Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    One who can't stay still (especially a child)play

    Example:

    the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips

    Synonyms:

    squirmer; wiggler; wriggler

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("wriggler" is a kind of...):

    individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

    Derivation:

    wriggle (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling))

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