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ˈhellgrammite, ˈhelgramite U.S.
The larva of a neuropterous insect, Corydalus cornutus, the hellgrammite fly, allied to the May-fly, used as a favourite bait for the black bass. Also transf.
1866Wilkes' Spirit of Times 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. 1878C. Hallock Amer. Club List & Sportsman's Gloss. p. vi, Helgramite, the dobson. 1884J. S. Kingsley Stand. 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’. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 228/2 Helgramites (purchasable at most any of the tackle stores during the bass season). 1935O. Nash Primrose Path (1936) 122 This human hellgramite that I think we could all dispense with. 1957Times 11 Oct. 12/6 A helgramite net—a flat wire tray that will catch any insects swept down by the current. |