witchetty
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witchetty /ˈwɪtʃɪti/ (also witchetty grub)
▶noun (pl. witchetties) a large whitish wood-eating larva of a beetle or moth, eaten as food by some Aboriginals.
– origin from Adnyamathanha wityu ‘hooked stick (for extracting grubs)’ + varti ‘grub’.
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