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单词 mully-grub
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mully-grubn.

Brit. /ˈmʌlɪɡrʌb/, U.S. /ˈməliˌɡrəb/, Australian English /ˈmʌliɡrʌb/
Forms: 1700s–1800s mulligrub (English regional (south-western)), 1900s– mully-grub.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mully adj., grub n.
Etymology: Probably < mully adj. + grub n. Compare earlier (in a different sense) mulligrub n.
Now Australian.
1. English regional (south-western). mully-grub-gurgeon n. a grub that feeds on coarse meal (see gurgeons n.). Also used as a term of abuse. Obsolete.
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1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 11 Oh! a plague rat tha! Ya mulligrub Gurgin!
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Suppl. Mulligrub-Gurgin, a meal-grub that feeds only upon gurgins or gurgions, the coarsest kind of meal.
1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Mulligrub-gurgin, a meal-grub which feeds exclusively on gurgin or gurgions, a very coarse meal which is given to hounds.
2. Australian. A grub, esp. a witchetty grub.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants > that eats witchetty bush
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1924 F. J. Mills Happy Days 61 If fruit trees are not sprayed at the correct time..leaves will curl up (caused by a mullygrub shaped like a corkscrew).
1959 J. Wright Generations of Men 28 A gin had gone over to look for mully-grubs in the bush.
1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 8/8 The woman..had told him frequently to ‘go and eat his mully grubs’, and to ‘go back to the bush where you came from’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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