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witchety grubs

witchety grubs is the plural 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

Questions about witchety grubs

What is witchety grubs the plural of?
Witchety grubs is the plural of witchety grub.

Words near witchety grubs in the dictionary

  1. witchetty
  2. witchetty grub
  3. witchetty grubs
  4. witchety
  5. witchety grub
  6. witchety grubs
  7. witchfinder
  8. witchfinder general
  9. witchfinders
  10. witchfinders general
  11. witchfinding

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