Definition of "wriggler" [wrig•gler]

• The larva of a mosquito. (noun)
• One that wriggles or squirms. (noun)

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• "Clete flung a small spinner baited with a wriggler on the edge of the lily pads, his skin rosy in the waning light."
• "But 'hulking back, perhaps I got the better of the bargain - she was a lissome little wriggler, and it was Kavanaugh's five rupees, after all."
• "Research by Allegiant Global, an Indianapolis waste-logistics company that has worked closely with Subaru on its environmental goals, identified the Canadian red wriggler as the "thoroughbred champion" of composting worms because of its voracious appetite."