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witchity grub

witchity grub is the alternative form 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 witchity grub

pluralwitchity grubs

Questions about witchity grub

What is witchity grub the alternative form of?
Witchity grub is the alternative form of witchety grub.

Words near witchity grub in the dictionary

  1. witching hours
  2. witchingly
  3. witchings
  4. witchish
  5. witchism
  6. witchity grub
  7. witchity grubs
  8. witchkind
  9. witchking
  10. witchkings
  11. witchless

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