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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WITCHETTY GRUB

Witchetty, from a native Australian language.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WITCHETTY GRUB

witchetty grub  [ˈwɪtʃɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WITCHETTY GRUB

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Witchetty grub is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WITCHETTY GRUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

witchetty grub

Witchetty grub

The witchetty grub is a term used in Australia for the large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths. Particularly it applies to the larvae of the cossid moth Endoxyla leucomochla, which feeds on the roots of the Witchetty bush that is found in central Australia. The term may also apply to larvae of other cossid moths, ghost moths, and longhorn beetles. The term is used mainly when the larvae are being considered as food. The grub is the most important insect food of the desert and has historically been a staple in the diets of Aboriginal Australians. The different larvae are said to taste similar, probably because they have similar wood-eating habits. Edible either raw or lightly cooked in hot ashes, they are sought out as a high-protein food by Indigenous Australians. The raw witchetty grub tastes like almonds and when cooked the skin becomes crisp like roast chicken while the inside becomes light yellow, like a fried egg. The word witchetty comes from Adynyamathanha wityu, "hooked stick" and vartu, "grub". Traditionally it is rare for men to dig for them. Witchetty grubs feature as Dreamings in many Aboriginal paintings.

Definition of witchetty grub in the English dictionary

The definition of witchetty grub in the dictionary is the wood-boring edible larva of certain Australian moths and beetles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WITCHETTY GRUB


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
chitty
ˈtʃɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
committee
kəˈmɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
crotchety
ˈkrɒtʃɪtɪ
facility
fəˈsɪlɪtɪ
functionality
ˌfʌŋkʃənˈælɪtɪ
Haiti
ˈheɪtɪ
hatchety
ˈhætʃɪtɪ
hospitality
ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ
humanity
hjuːˈmænɪtɪ
humidity
hjuːˈmɪdɪtɪ
shitty
ˈʃɪtɪ
witchetty
ˈwɪtʃɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WITCHETTY GRUB

witchbroom
witchcraft
witchen
witcheries
witchery
witches´ brew
witches´ butter
witches´ Sabbath
witches´-besom
witches´-broom
witchetty
witchgrass
witchhood
witching
witching hour
witchingly
witchknot
witchlike
witchweed
witchy

WORDS THAT END LIKE WITCHETTY GRUB

back rub
body scrub
canegrub
cherub
drub
facial scrub
flowering shrub
friction rub
grub
pub grub
rub
scrub
shrub
subshrub
the rub
the scrub
underscrub
undershrub

Synonyms and antonyms of witchetty grub in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «witchetty grub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WITCHETTY GRUB

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The translations of witchetty grub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «witchetty grub» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蠹GRUB
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

GRUB witchetty
570 millions of speakers

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witchetty grub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

witchetty GRUB
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

witchetty نكش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

witchetty личинка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

witchetty grub
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুভকামনা রইল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

witchetty grub
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Witchetty grub
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

witchetty grub
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

witchettyのグラブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

witchetty 애벌레
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Witchetty grub
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

witchetty grub
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Witchetty grub
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विक्टिएटी ग्रब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baba çoban
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bruco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

witchetty grub
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

witchetty личинка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

witchetty grub
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Translator English - Greek

witchetty grub
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

witchetty grub
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

witchetty grub
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

witchetty grub
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of witchetty grub

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WITCHETTY GRUB»

The term «witchetty grub» is used very little and occupies the 185.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WITCHETTY GRUB» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WITCHETTY GRUB»

Discover the use of witchetty grub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to witchetty grub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insects and Spiders of the World
Few insects are as well known for their edible qualities as the witchetty grub, a moth caterpillar from central Australia that has been eaten by native Australians for thousands of years. For many thousands of years before the relatively recent ...
‎2003
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Discovering poetry
Some days at school are not so good You can't remember things you should Your friends don't help — they laugh at you Your lunch box is depressing too There's a witchetty grub in my sandwich And a cockatoo in my head And my brain won't ...
Josephine Bowler, 2002
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The native tribes of central Australia
Fam1ly 2. Husband . Panunga . Eagle hawk . Irritcha Kauun-jirika. Wife, 1 . . Purula . . Hakea . . . Kuperta Ilkalurkna. Wife, 2 . . Purula . . Hakea . . . Apmaura .... Akita-thurinjirrika. Son .... Appungerta Witchetty grub Unchalka . . : . Kintabrinjilika .
Sir Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen, 1899
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Syllabus Series
2, Hakea flower; four sons, who are respectively witchetty grub, emu, eagle-hawk, elonka; two daughters, both witchetty grubs. Family 3. Father, witchetty grub. Wife No. 1, lizard; two sons, one lizard, the other witchetty grub. Wife No. 2, lizard.
University of California (System), 1920
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The Religion Factor: An Introduction to how Religion Matters
For instance, the witchetty-grub group will meet at a witchetty-grub site and perform rites to increase the number of witchetty grubs. The performance of these rites often correlates with the oncoming season of abundance. The witchetty-grub  ...
William Scott Green, Jacob Neusner, 1996
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Source Book in Anthropology
2, Hakea flower; four sons, who are respectively witchetty grub, emu, eagle-hawk, elonka; two daughters, both witchetty grubs. Family 3. Father, witchetty grub. Wife No. 1, lizard; two sons, one lizard, the other witchetty grub. Wife No. 2, lizard.
Alfred Louis Kroeber, Thomas Talbot Waterman, 1920
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The Native Tribes Of Central Australia:
may belong to the same totem, and the other may be an emu; another family will show the father to be, say, an emu, the mother a plumtree, and of their children one may be a witchetty grub, another a lizard, and so on, thetotem names being ...
Baldwin Spencer And F.J. Gillen, 2014
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Coming Into Being Among the Australian Aborigines: The ...
Quite recently the lubra or wife of a witchetty grub man, she belonging to the same totem, conceived a child while on a visit to a neighbouring Quatcha or water locality, which lies away to the east of Alice Springs—that child's totem is water; ...
Ashley Montagu, 2013
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Marriage and Worship in Early Societies
... and so forth.1 Examples " We may take the following as a typical example of theory of now each man and woman gains a totem name. Close conception, to Alice Springs is a large and important witchetty grub totem centre or oknanikilla.
Sir James George Frazer, 1986
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They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic ...
The name witchetty grub most commonly refers to the larvae of the large cossid moth (Endoxyla leucomochla), however, the name also applies to the larvae of other moths. The witchetty grub has long been a staple in the diets of Aboriginal ...
Jonathan Deutsch Ph.D., Natalya Murakhver, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WITCHETTY GRUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term witchetty grub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hugh Jackman eats moth LARVAE as he goes back to basics in …
On Tuesday, he shared a video in which he indulges in a local delicacy - witchetty grub. Scroll down for video. 'Delicious': Hugh Jackman indulges in local ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Hugh's taste of the outback
... on holiday in the Australian outback, eating a “perfectly cooked” witchetty grub. ... In the video, Jackman sports an Akubra hat and quickly devours the grub, ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
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Grubs up! The restaurant serving up wriggle-in-your-mouth delights
They're similar to Australian witchetty grubs and, when not eaten in time, become beetles. Although they can live for up to three weeks, Sophal said high ... «The Phnom Penh Post, May 15»
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Sheep's eyes and witchetty grubs — a test for British diplomacy
There are many ways to be a good diplomat — and, with geopolitics from Moscow to the Middle East looking increasingly volatile, good diplomats are as vital as ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
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Russell Tovey: I didn't realise I was being offered Banished lead
Russell added of filming in the Australian wilderness: “I had a real leech attached to me, I ate a Witchetty grub, and one of the crew got bitten by a mouse spider. «Irish Examiner, Feb 15»
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I'm a Celebrity 2014: Jimmy Bullard eats sheep testicle in grisly …
With the accuracy expected from a former professional footballer, Bullard hit another double top and successfully necked a live Witchetty grub, not without ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
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Swash: I never say no to anything
NOW!, on which he tries out some of the bushtucker trials - which have included swallowing a tarantula and munching on a camel toe and witchetty grubs. «Irish Independent, Nov 14»
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Shari Low: I'm a Celebrity.. it's the unrecognisable doing the …
In the name of the blessed witchetty grub, why would anyone sign up for that? OK, there's the money and the fact the show can punt the victims up a couple of ... «Scottish Daily Record, Nov 14»
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I'm A Celebrity: Hull City fans will enjoy watching Jungle Jimmy …
What have Jimmy Bullard and a witchetty grub got in common? ... set to get eaten alive in the Australian jungle this Christmas – and the other is a witchetty grub. «Hull Daily Mail, Nov 14»
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Missing teeth, tick bites and 250000 cockroaches: 10 things we …
In a new tell-all book, life for the campmates and hard-working crew has been revealed - and it doesn't stop at the occasional ostrich anus and witchetty grub. «Mirror.co.uk, Nov 14»

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