| 单词 | hellgrammite fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmashellgrammite fly The large, predatory aquatic larva of a dobsonfly (family Corydalidae), esp. that of Corydalis cornutus, which is popular as fishing bait. Also (more fully hellgrammite fly): the winged adult dobsonfly. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs angletwitcheOE wormc1320 codwormc1450 redwormc1450 gentle1577 touchangle1581 bob1589 Jack1601 dug1608 codbait1620 caddis-worm1627 caddis1653 cockspur1653 lob-worm1653 marsh worm1653 gilt tail1656 cadew1668 cad1674 ash-grub1676 clap-bait1681 whitebait1681 earth-bob1696 jag-tail1736 buzz1760 treachet1787 angleworm1788 cow-turd-bob1798 palmer bob1814 slob1814 angledog1832 caddis-bait1833 sedge-worm1839 snake feeder1861 hellgrammite1866 easworm1872 cow-dung bob1880 snake doctora1883 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > suborder Megaloptera > family Corydalidae > larva of corydalus cornutus or snake feeder snake feeder1861 hellgrammite1866 snake doctora1883 go-devil1888 hell-devil1889 1866 Wilkes' Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 14 July 315/3 There is another bait for bass called kill-devil—a sort of indescribable Barnum-what-is-it thing... An old friend of mine denominated them hell gramites. 1884 Standard Nat. Hist. II. 156 They are much sought after as fish-bait, having a very tough integument, so that one larva suffices to catch several fish; and they are called by fishermen ‘crawlers’, ‘dobsons’, and sometimes, we hope rarely, ‘hellgrammites’. 1895 Science 8 Nov. 635/2 Mr. L. O. Howard spoke briefly of a new enemy of the Hellgrammite fly. 1921 H. T. Fernald Appl. Entomol. xxvii. 221 This [sc. the largest member of the order Neuroptera] is commonly called the Corydalis or Hellgrammite (Corydalus cornuta L.) which is quite common throughout the country. 1935 O. Nash Primrose Path (1936) 122 This human hellgramite that I think we could all dispense with. 1957 Times 11 Oct. 12/6 A helgramite net—a flat wire tray that will catch any insects swept down by the current. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 175 It is just conceivable that their larvae, known as hellgrammites or toe-biters might occasionally earn their vernacular name. < as lemmas |
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