Item 02: 'Aboriginal words and names - Lower Clarence River Dialect, compiled by Robert Leycester Dawson', September 1935 - Page 7

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Insects etc

Bee (native, sweet thick honey) ... Wan-derry-mah

Bee (native, thin honey, rather sour) ... Jum-boor-long

Grasshopper ... Gun-yun

Mosquito ... Lee-millow-an

Flea ... Bo-dam-bill

Tick (large bottle tick) ... Ah-goon-gah

Leech (scrub) ... Marn-dun

Leech (water) ... Wah-loom-bee

Ant (red, soldier) ... Woo-mun

Ant (bulldog) ... Nunor-mun-nee

Ant (jumper) ... (accent on "gar") Un-gar-rin-gah

Ant (small, black) ... (accent on "lar") Wal-lar-ree-gah

Grub (edible, white, tree borer) ... Larby-ung-wun

Grub (borer in Wattle trees) ... Choo-burrah

Grub (big, found under rotton logs) ... Joon-dun

Worm ... Woo-gum-bull

Butterfly ... (accent on "Bun") Bun-joo-lum

Wasp ... Ah-larn-yer

Hornet ... Woo-loon-gurrah

White ant ... Nur-roo-cun