wiggler

wiggler
/wig"leuhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that wiggles.
2. wriggler (def. 2).
3. Southern U.S. an earthworm.
[1890-95; WIGGLE + -ER1]
Regional Variation. See earthworm.

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