| 单词 | bank-bait |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank-bait bank-bait n. Angling (now rare) a mayfly or its larva. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > family Ephemeridae > member of day-fly1585 mayfly1653 bank-bait1758 1758 T. Flloyd & J. Hill tr. J. Swammerdam Bk. Nature i. 104/2 The eggs of the Ephemerus produce..a little Worm with six legs. This is the creature fishermen call the bank-bait [Du. oever-aas, L. escam ripariam]. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 485 A great many [mayflies] fall into the water a prey to fishes... Hence the name bank-bait. 1903 Humane Rev. Apr. 22 The larva of the common may-fly is a semi-transparent brownish scaly creature... ‘Bank bait’ it is called by the anglers. 1968 J. Mihálik Freshwater Fishes 80 Successful baits include rainworms, the larvae of bank-bait, leeches or natural food. < as lemmas |
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