mully-grub Austral.
(ˈmʌlɪgrʌb)
[Var. of mulligrubs pl.]
A witchetty grub (cf. witchetty), the larva of various insects, esp. goat-moths of the family Cossidæ and ghost-moths of the family Hepialidæ, which infest the stems and roots of plants. Mully-grubs are extracted and used as food by Aborigines and as bait by fishermen.
| 1959 J. Wright Generations of Men 28 A gin had gone over to look for mully-grubs in the bush. 1966 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 8/8 The woman..had told him frequently to ‘go and eat his mully grubs’, and to ‘go back to the bush where you came from’. |