From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gnatworm \Gnat"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially,
{wiggler}.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wiggler \Wig"gler\, n. (Zool.)
The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called
also {wiggletail}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wiggler
n 1: one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler
was a real wiggler on plane trips" [syn: {wiggler},
{wriggler}, {squirmer}]
2: larva of a mosquito [syn: {wiggler}, {wriggler}]
3: terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;
often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait
by anglers [syn: {earthworm}, {angleworm}, {fishworm},
{fishing worm}, {wiggler}, {nightwalker}, {nightcrawler},
{crawler}, {dew worm}, {red worm}]
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