giant millipede

Scientific Name
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Category
Insects & Gastropods

The giant millipede is eaten by black wallaroos and is believed to make them fat. In the Kundedjnjenghmi and Kunwinjku audio file you can hear Kodjdjan Mary Kolkkiwarra saying this:

Djilwarnbed, djilawarnbed, bad nadjinem, nadjinem ka-wuk... ka-ngun en ka-marnbun kun-balem.

The giant millipede, the black wallaroos eat them and it makes them fat.

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Kunwinjku term
djilawarnbed
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Kundedjnjenghmi term
Djilawarnbed
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