writher en · NOUN
Etymology
From writhe + -er.
Meanings
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One who writhes.
Then, almost at once, imagination begins to people this totally unfamiliar world with highly undesirable denizens — jaguars and other snarling cats, the bushmaster, the fer-de-lance, and other venomous writhers, and poisonous insects […]
1961, Thomas Harper Goodspeed, Plant Hunters in the Andes, page 335:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| writhers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |