Definition of "wiggler" [wig•gler]

• One that wiggles, such as a worm or a restless child. (noun)
• The larva or pupa of a mosquito. (noun)

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• "Immediately a two-page footnote explains that David Wallace had "already left the Internal Revenue Service in 1987," that his job was "a rote examiner, aka a 'wiggler' in the Service ­nomenclature," and that his "civil service rank was a GS-9.""
• "It took them, he told [the] [his] attentive audience, about three days to hatch; the larva stage lasted about a week; and the pupa, usually called the "wiggler," lasted to more days."
• "Huh! And as for the wiggler who said, I think his name is NOT SURE, he said,"