wriggler
AmericanEtymology
Origin of wriggler
Example Sentences
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Earthworm castings, by the way, “are basically the poop of the red wriggler worms, the good guys in our garden,” Trigo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2021
"Hello my baby, hello my baby," Hume says sweetly as he tempts the antelope with a wriggler.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 9, 2010
When people pour kerosene upon the water the wriggler cannot get any air to breathe, and therefore dies.
From Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies by Jeannette Augustus Marks
He held up a wriggler and she fled to the rock.
From Truxton King A Story of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
Now just as sure as the tail of this wriggler strikes the mouth of the bladder, just so sure is he caught—drawn in by some unknown power quicker than you can speak.
From Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. by Frederick Leroy Sargent
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