witchety grub

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

witchety grubs 复数 witchety grubs

别名

witchety witchity grub witchetty grub witjuti grub

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

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词源

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

来源：wiktionary