English: tree boring grub, grub, witchety grub
Bundjalung: jabam
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
With same English translation:  
Category: insect
Comment: Generic Gd; lives in oak Wa, found in trees and edible (Y:Watsn), Ng:Curr:Fowl and Ngr:Gresty list as 'wood grub', cf. jubar. Witchety grub edible from dead trees (Bj).
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Sha:Culhm witchety grub; Y:Holm:Thmpsn witchetty grub; Y:Allen jabumm grub; Y:Watsn dhabum; Ne:Curr:Fowl tabbun; Ngr:Gresty tabbum
Lower Richmond: Bj:Sha:Turnbl djabam witchety grub from dead trees
South West: Wa:Crowl ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt


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