witchity grub

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Noun

witchity grub (plural witchity grubs)

  1. Alternative form of witchety grub
    • 1909, Readings in Descriptive and Historical Sociology, page 377:
      For example, the tribesmen of Central Australia, depending largely upon the witchity grub as a food supply, make bowers in imitation of the cocoon, and perform elaborate dances in imitation of the emergence of the grub, believing that thereby they cause the grubs to multiply.