witchetty

witchetty
[ˈwɪtʃɪti]
(亦作 witchetty grub)
(pl. -ies)
  1. a large whitish wood-eating larva of a beetle or moth, eaten as food by some Aboriginals
    (一些澳大利亚土著居民所食用的)木蠹蛾幼虫
语源
  1. from Adnyamathanha wityu 'hooked stick (for extracting grubs') + varti 'grub'
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