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witchetty (iou)



witchetty noun. Austral. M19.
[Aboriginal, from wityu hooked stick + varti grub.]
A hooked stick used to obtain witchetty grubs. M19-E20.
In full witchetty grub. A large white grub, the larva of any of several moths and longhorn beetles which infest the roots and stem of the witchetty bush (see below), used as food by Aborigines and as bait by fishermen. L19.
Comb.: witchetty bush any of several small acacias, esp. the broad-leaved mulga, Acacia kempeana.