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Grubworm :: Grubworm (n.) See Grub, n., 1..

Stub :: Stub (v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots..

Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub..

Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..

Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Assart :: Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees..

Sneak :: Sneak (n.) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.

Grubbing :: Grubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gru.

Grubby :: Grubby (n.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.

Ladyfish :: Ladyfish (n.) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe..

Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) Hence, sullenness; the sulks..

Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

Indigrubin :: Indigrubin (n.) Same as Urrhodin.

Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..

Grub :: Grub (n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf..

Grub :: Grub (v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

Grubbed :: Grubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Gru.

Undergrub :: Undergrub (v. t.) To undermine.

Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..

Larva :: Larva (n.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, et

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