[syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gnatworm \Gnat"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially,
wiggler.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wiggler \Wig"gler\, n. (Zool.)
The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called
also wiggletail.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]