Sandgroper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sandgroper is a noun meaning (Australia, humorous) An inhabitant of Western Australia.
Meaning
(Australia, humorous) An inhabitant of Western Australia.
More Meanings
- Any species of the family Cylindrachetidae of subterranean insects, found in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina.
Example Sentences
Sandgropers remain under the soil surface and are only seen when soil is worked or dug.
The sandgroper is not unique to Western Australia, being found elsewhere in Australia and also in New Guinea,[…].
Most species are small, 4 to 15 mm in length, although some sandgropers (Cylindrachetidae) can reach the length of 40 mm.
After the race, Damien Oliver added to an already magnificent occasion for David Mueller by spending some time with his fellow Sandgroper and giving Mueller the jockey′s trophy from the race as a memento.
Word Forms
- sandgropers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cockroach, scrubber, sundowner, mulga, croweater, grub.
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