wriggler
Restless little mover
A wriggler is something that wriggles—twists and turns with small, quick movements.
The word most often describes mosquito larvae, which move through water with characteristic squirming motions.
It extends to anything that won't stay still: The toddler was such a wriggler that diaper changes took forever.
Twist from discomfort
- wiggleMove with small twists
- writheTwist body in pain
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- fidgetRestless small movements
thrash · contort · slither · undulate · shimmy · jiggle · twitch · snake
Blood-feeding flying pest
- larvaImmature feeding stage
- pupaInsect's resting stage
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
instar · metamorphosis · bloodworm · midge · gnat · breeding · stagnant · water
squirm
Twist from discomfort
fidget · thrash · contort · slither · undulate · shimmy · jiggle · twitch · snake · eel
minnow
Small freshwater fish
tackle · bloodworm · nightcrawler · grub · worm · leech · maggot · bucket · fishing · cast
mosquito
Blood-feeding flying pest
hatchling · instar · metamorphosis · bloodworm · midge · gnat · breeding · stagnant · water · insect
mudskipper
Amphibious fish walking on fins
mangrove · brackish · aquarium · tidepool · burrow · tropical · Indo-Pacific · Australian
baby
Very young child
fidgety · restless · diaper · swaddle · fussy · cranky · crawling · infant · nursing · crib
- fly larvaemaggot, leatherjacket, mosquito larva, bloodworm
- wormsearthworm, earthworms, nightcrawler, roundworms, flatworms
- insect developmentlarva, pupa, chrysalis, cocoon, metamorphosis
- larvaelarvae, larva, caterpillar, caterpillars, maggot
- Mosquitoesmosquito, Anopheles, bite, bites, tiger mosquito
- fish stagesfry, fingerling, juvenile, larva, larvae
wrigglerstatue
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
stiff · rigid body · rock · still life · mannequin
- wriggles out of
- wriggle outEscape by twisting
- wriggled out ofEscaped by evasive movement
- wriggling out ofAvoiding by cunning
- get a wriggle onBritish: move faster
wriggle, wriggling, wriggled, wriggly, wriggles, wrigglers, wriggliest