wriggler

noun — 3 senses

wriggler

noun

Etymology From wriggle + -er.

› Anything that wriggles (literally or figuratively).

1

The larva of a mosquito.

2

Business, Manufacturing Any of several types of tool for center-finding or edge-finding in manufacturing, especially metalworking.

3

A cunning or tricky person.

Derived terms
collared wriggler, Dorothea's wriggler

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