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 (5)
The large, predatory aquatic larva of a dobsonfly (family Corydalidae), esp. that ofCorydalis cornutus, which is popular as fishing bait. Also (more…
= dragonfly, n. or hellgrammite, n.
U.S. regional. = hellgrammite, n.
U.S. A dobsonfly or its larva; = hellgrammite, n. Now rare.