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单词 grannom
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grannomgranamn.

/ˈɡranəm//ˈɡranəam/
Forms: 1700s–1800s granam, 1800s grannam, 1800s– grannom.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier greentail n. 1.A connection with the earlier grannam n. seems unlikely.
A kind of fly (see quots.); also an imitation of it used in fly-fishing.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > member of
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1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 112 The Granam-fly is a four-winged fly; as it swims down the water its wings lie flat on its back, it has a small bunch of eggs of a green colour which gives it the name of the Green-tail-fly.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 29 The first dropper was a granam, or green-tail.
1885 H. R. Francis in H. C. Pennell et al. Fishing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. 283 The grannom..is a reddish brown insect, not uncommon in the bushy reaches of many southern streams.
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