| 单词 | grey drake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey drake grey drake n. an adult female mayfly of the genus Ephemera; (Angling) an artificial fly made in imitation of this.Cf. green drake n. at green adj. and n.1 Compounds 1d(b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > member of drake-flya1450 hemeraa1592 ephemeron1626 ephemeran1643 ephemeraa1676 drake1676 grey drake1676 yellow-dun1676 greentail1681 grannom1787 ephemeral1817 shad-fly1825 ephemerid1872 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 69 The Grey-Drake, which in all shapes, and dimensions is perfectly the same with the other [sc. the Green Drake], but quite almost of another colour. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling 17 The May-fly, the Green-drake, and the Grey-drake. 1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland vi. 26 The most beautiful species of our ephemera, the green and grey drakes. 1900 ‘J. Bickerdyke’ Angling for Game Fish (rev. ed.) 41/1 The Green Drake sheds its skin, and turns into what is known as the Grey Drake. 1988 Field & Stream Oct. 68/3 The old Grey Drake artificial..has long been as good an imitation as there is. 2001 B. Jacklin & G. LaFontaine Fly Fishing Yellowstone (2004) ii. 45 You can have some exceptional fishing while the Grey Drakes are hatching. < as lemmas |
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