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单词 witchetty grub
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witchetty grub
2. More fully witchetty grub. Any of several types of large white larvae (of any of several moths, esp. of the family Cossidae, or of longhorn beetles) which infest the roots and stems of acacia trees and are used as food by Australian Aboriginal peoples and as bait by anglers.
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1891 E. C. Stirling in Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 14 i. 158 They did..eat one ‘witchety’, the native name of large white grubs.., which are the larval forms of certain Longicorn beetles and Lepidoptera.
1896 E. C. Stirling in B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Central Austral. IV. 71 Food-producing festivals..in connection with the promotion of the supply of the ‘witchety’ grubs.
1938 D. M. Bates Passing of Aborigines 209 The mawgu, or witchetty, a delicate white grub found in the roots and bark of mallee and mulga and other trees.
1995 J. Marsden Killing Frost ix. 86 For bait we picked up worms, witchetty grubs and beetles during the day, and with them we caught Fathead, bream, mullet and a few other varieties we didn't recognise.
2009 Centralian Advocate (Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Nov. 4 We went down the road a bit, looked for witchetties and stuff like that.
2019 @RitaPanahi 11 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 23 Dec. 2020) I'm feeding him witchetty grubs, vegemite & icy cold cans of fosters.
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