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witjuti grub

witjuti 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 witjuti grub

pluralwitjuti grubs

Questions about witjuti grub

What is witjuti grub the alternative form of?
Witjuti grub is the alternative form of witchety grub.

Words near witjuti grub in the dictionary

  1. witigo
  2. witigos
  3. witiko
  4. witikos
  5. witing
  6. witjuti grub
  7. witjuti grubs
  8. witkey
  9. Witkin
  10. Witkoff
  11. witkop

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