Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The large brownish aquatic larva of the dobsonfly, often used as fishing bait.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of a sialid neuropterous insect, Corydalus cornutus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
hellgramite .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Pick a bait (hellgrammite, small crayfish, minnow, cricket, or crawler — in that order) or lead-headed plastic, and cast to the head of the pool.
Late Summer Tips for Catching Smallmouth Bass While Wading in Rivers 2007
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We got James Dobsonfly and his organization “focus on the hellgrammite”.
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We got James Dobsonfly and his organization “focus on the hellgrammite”.
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It looks like a size-nine hellgrammite wearing a pair of size-three wings.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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This is the trout-catchingest hellgrammite pattern I've ever encountered.
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It looks like a size-nine hellgrammite wearing a pair of size-three wings.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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The hellgrammite, a black, ugly slug to be found under stones in summer streams, is the most tempting bait you can offer a black bass.
Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort
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After a time the hellgrammite comes to the surface and takes to the air as a beetle, but in that state he interests the naturalist rather than the fisherman.
Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort
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A 1/32-ounce jig-and-plastic combo baited with a giant redworm, spikes, crab tail or piece of long green hellgrammite has worked best.
JSOnline.com 2010
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A small jig or hook baited with a giant red worm, small leech, hellgrammite or wax worm has worked best.
JSOnline.com 2010
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