English Explanatory Dictionary

witchety grub

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths and beetles, especially the species Endoxyla leucomochla, traditionally eaten by Aboriginals in the Australian desert.

Pronunciation

en-au-witchety grub.ogg

Word forms

witchety grub witchety grubs witchetty grub witjuti grub

Etymology

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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