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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a grub.

Etymologies

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grub +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The eggs laid by the queen hatch into white, grublike larvae, which in turn become white pupae from which adult wasps emerge.

    Yellowjackets Edward Willett 2006

  • The eggs laid by the queen hatch into white, grublike larvae, which in turn become white pupae from which adult wasps emerge.

    Archive 2006-08-27 Edward Willett 2006

  • In upsizing, evolution had necessarily moved reinforcing struts inside the body, till the outside was a combination of grublike skin and sheets of pale chitin.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

  • It takes from three to ten days for the eggs to hatch into whitish or pinkish grublike caterpillars, and from five to ten weeks from the laying of the eggs before more moths appear to lay another lot of eggs.

    Every Step in Canning Grace Viall Gray

  • To dispose of them it is needful to clear the surroundings of the grublike larvæ as well as to treat the victim.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • A white grublike caterpillar causes the damage by boring into the vine.

    Evansville Courier & Press Stories 2010

  • Take up jogging (which will have the added salutary effects of getting rid of unsighly flab and getting some sun on that pale, grublike skin)!

    Ace of Spades HQ 2009

  • After hatching, the grublike larva enters the stem to feed.

    unknown title BRIAN JERVIS Ask a Master Gardener 2009

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