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witchetty grub

witchetty grub is the alternative spelling of witchety grub.

Meaning of witchety grub

Noun

witchety grub (plural witchety grubs)

  1. (Australia) The large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths and beetles, especially the species Endoxyla leucomochla, traditionally eaten by Aboriginals in the Australian desert.
    • I'll think of how the kids come alive walking around sandplains / reading tracks, looking for goannas, digging up witchetty grubs / collecting berries, branches of bush medicines.2022, Meg Mooney, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 33

Forms of witchetty grub

pluralwitchetty grubs

Questions about witchetty grub

What is witchetty grub the alternative spelling of?
Witchetty grub is the alternative spelling of witchety grub.

Words near witchetty grub in the dictionary

  1. witches' stones
  2. witches' thimbles
  3. witcheties
  4. witchetties
  5. witchetty
  6. witchetty grub
  7. witchetty grubs
  8. witchety
  9. witchety grub
  10. witchety grubs
  11. witchfinder

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