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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Grugru worm

· Gru·gru worm · IPA
01 The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten b…
  1. 1.
    The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.(Zool.)