"grubling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grublings [plural]
Etymology: From grub + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grub|ling}} grub + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} grubling (plural grublings)
  1. A small, young, or miniature grub.
    Sense id: en-grubling-en-noun-0uOZDt~k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1880, Jenny and the insects; or, Little toilers and their industries - Page 117",
          "text": "When she has finished her hole, the inside of which she smooths with great care, in order that it may be comfortable for her little grublings, she lays an egg at the bottom, and then goes to work to provide a supply of food for the future wasp."
        },
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          "ref": "1892, The Humming Bird - Volumes 2-5 - Page 53",
          "text": "As they are fed up in this way several times a day the ugly grublings soon begin to grow in breadth and stature, until they suddenly burst forth into full-blown wasps, and immediately begin to relieve their mother of her multitudinous duties."
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          "ref": "1969, Ronald Paulson, Thomas F. Lockwood, Henry Fielding: The Critical Heritage - Page 40",
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          "text": "Hurrying, sometimes leaping from boulder to boulder but never once glancing back or stopping to rest its heavy satchel, the grubling led them further down the gorge.",
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          "ref": "2010, Michael McCloskey, Slave of Chu Kutall",
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