Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
wriggler .
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Examples
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[43] Is it necessary to say that the wiggletail is the embryo mosquito?
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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[43] Is it necessary to say that the wiggletail is the embryo mosquito?
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Professor L.O. Howard has discovered that a film of coal-oil on a breeding pond infallibly kills every wiggletail in fifteen minutes, because it shuts them off from air.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
hugovk commented on the word wiggletail
wiggletail, n. the larva of a mosquito. chiefly South, South Midland, Texas, Oklahoma (from DARE).
June 2, 2015