| 单词 |
mully-grub |
| 释义 |
mully-grub Austral.|ˈmʌlɪgrʌb| [Var. of mulligrubs pl.] A witchetty grub (cf. witchetty), the larva of various insects, esp. goat-moths of the family Cossidæ and ghost-moths of the family Hepialidæ, which infest the stems and roots of plants. Mully-grubs are extracted and used as food by Aborigines and as bait by fishermen.
1959J. Wright Generations of Men 28 A gin had gone over to look for mully-grubs in the bush. 1966Courier-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’. |

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