wriggler
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Origin of wriggler
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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
Within a few days the wriggler changes its skin three times; after the third change it looks very different, and is called a pupa.
From Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies by Jeannette Augustus Marks
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
This baby, like some other babies, is never quiet, but squirms and wriggles so that it is called a wriggler.
From Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies by Jeannette Augustus Marks
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