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grubling

grubling noun: a small, young, or miniature grub.

Noun

grubling (plural grublings)

  1. A small, young, or miniature grub.
    • When she has finished her hole, the inside of which she smooths with great care, in order that it may be comfortable for her little grublings, she lays an egg at the bottom, and then goes to work to provide a supply of food for the future wasp.1880, Jenny and the insects; or, Little toilers and their industries - Page 117
    • As they are fed up in this way several times a day the ugly grublings soon begin to grow in breadth and stature, until they suddenly burst forth into full-blown wasps, and immediately begin to relieve their mother of her multitudinous duties.1892, The Humming Bird - Volumes 2-5 - Page 53

Examples of grubling in a sentence

  • When Grubs, and Grublings, censure Fielding's Scenes, He cannot answer that which Nothing means: Scorn'd by the wise, and in their Filth secure, How should he damn the damn'd, or soil th' impure?1969, Ronald Paulson, Thomas F. Lockwood, Henry Fielding: The Critical Heritage - Page 40:
  • Hurrying, sometimes leaping from boulder to boulder but never once glancing back or stopping to rest its heavy satchel, the grubling led them further down the gorge.2002, Stephen Elboz, Temmi and the Frost Dragon:
  • In Nergal's society, the females did not go out with the warriors, but stayed in the caves with their grublings.2010, Michael McCloskey, Slave of Chu Kutall:

Forms of grubling

pluralgrublings

Origin of grubling

From grub + -ling.

Questions about grubling

What does grubling mean?
Grubling means a small, young, or miniature grub.
How do you use grubling in a sentence?
When Grubs, and Grublings, censure Fielding's Scenes, He cannot answer that which Nothing means: Scorn'd by the wise, and in their Filth secure, How should he damn the damn'd, or soil th' impure?
What part of speech is grubling?
Grubling is a noun.
What is the plural of grubling?
The plural of grubling is grublings.

Words near grubling in the dictionary

  1. grubhouse
  2. grubhouses
  3. Grubišno Polje
  4. grubless
  5. grublike
  6. grubling
  7. grublings
  8. Grubmeyer
  9. grubroot
  10. grubs
  11. grubs along

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