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Definition of Hellgrammites
1. hellgrammite [n] - See also: hellgrammite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hellgrammites
Literary usage of Hellgrammites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The dobsons are among the largest of insects, and their larvae, known to the
fishermen as hellgrammites, are famous as bait for black bass. ..."
2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"To this group belong the so-called alder flies, fish flies and hellgrammites ;
in fact, some of them have many popular names. They have four broad wings, ..."
3. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"... Penny" Leeches( hellgrammites Megaloptera Riffle Beetle Blackfly Aquatic
Sowbugs Aquatic r~y Earthworms ^ Tubificid Worms Rat-tailed Maggot Oligochaeta ..."
4. Nature Study and Life by Clifton Fremont Hodge (1902)
"Dragon flies, hellgrammites, bumblebees, and other large winged insects may be
spread on their backs in the same way. To mount butterflies with wings closed ..."
5. Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit Grower, and for Use as a by John Bernhard Smith (1906)
"... being locally known as " hellgrammites." When full-grown they come to the edge
of the stream and, under stones or other shelter, change to quiescent ..."
6. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"... so that one larva suffices to catch several fish ; and they arc called by
fishermen sometimes "crawlers" and sometimes " hellgrammites. ..."
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