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witchetty

witchetty |ˈwɪtʃɪti |(also witchetty grub ) ▶noun ( pl. witchetties ) a large whitish wood-eating larva of a beetle or moth, eaten by some Aborigines. ORIGIN from Adnyamathanha wityu ‘hooked stick (for extracting grubs )’ + varti ‘grub ’.

 

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witchetty

witchetty |ˈwɪtʃɪti |(also witchetty grub ) ▶noun ( pl. witchetties ) a large whitish wood-eating larva of a beetle or moth, eaten by some Aborigines. ORIGIN from Adnyamathanha wityu ‘hooked stick (for extracting grubs )’ + varti ‘grub ’.