witchety grub
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Etymology[edit]
From witchety + grub, a partial calque of some Pama-Nyungan language (compare Arabana mako witjuti (“witchety grub”, from mako (“grub”) + witjuti (“witchety bush”))).
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witchety grub (plural witchety grubs)
- (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.
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