n. A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in a accelerator.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The larva of a mosquito. Same as wriggler, 1, and wiggletail.
n. One who or that which wriggles.
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n. larva of a mosquito
n. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
n. one who can't stay still (especially a child)
Word Usage
"Immediately a two-page footnote explains that David Wallace had "already left the Internal Revenue Service in 1987," that his job was "a rote examiner, aka a 'wiggler' in the Service nomenclature," and that his "civil service rank was a GS-9.""