wriggler

• Nom désignant une personne, surtout un enfant, qui est agitée et ne tient pas en place, ou une larve aquatique de moustique.

A noun referring to a person, especially a child, who is restless and unable to stay still, or to the aquatic larva of a mosquito.

1. Restless personB2informal

   A person, especially a child, who is unable to stay still and constantly moves or fidgets.

   Personne remuante

   • The little wriggler couldn't sit still during the movie.
   • She's a real wriggler in her high chair at dinner time.
   • The teacher had to calm down the wrigglers in the classroom.

   Synonymesfidgetsquirmerwiggler

2. Mosquito larvaC1formalscientific

   The aquatic larval stage of a mosquito, which moves with a wriggling motion.

   Larve de moustique

   • The pond was full of wrigglers in the summer.
   • Wrigglers breathe air through a tube at the surface of the water.
   • The biologist collected wrigglers for her research on mosquito development.

   Synonymeswiggler