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canegrub

noun

Etymology

From cane + grub.

  1. inherited from grub
  2. derived from *grub-✻ — “to dig”
  3. derived from *grubb-✻
  4. derived from *grubb-✻
  5. inherited from *grubbian✻
  6. inherited from grubben
  7. compounded as canegrub — “cane + grub”

Definitions

  1. A grub that eats the roots of sugar cane.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA