wriggler

English

Etymology

From wriggle +‎ -er.

Noun

wriggler (plural wrigglers)

1. Anything that wriggles.
2. The larva of a mosquito.
3. A cunning or tricky person; a dodger.

Synonyms

• wiggler

Derived terms

• collared wriggler
• Dorothea's wriggler

Translations

mosquito larva

• Bulgarian: личинка на комар (ličinka na komar)
• Chinese: 孑孓 (zh) (jiéjué)
• Malay: jentik-jentik