单词 | grannom |
释义 | grannomgranamn. A kind of fly (see quots.); also an imitation of it used in fly-fishing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > member of drake-flya1450 hemeraa1592 ephemeron1626 ephemeran1643 ephemeraa1676 drake1676 grey drake1676 yellow-dun1676 greentail1681 grannom1787 ephemeral1817 shad-fly1825 ephemerid1872 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1787 |
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