hellgrammite

Examples

• All

• While fishing in the stream, I found several hellgrammites hiding under the rocks.

• Anglers often use a hellgrammite as bait when fishing for smallmouth bass.

• We found a large hellgrammite clinging to a rock in the shallow stream.

• The biology class studied the life cycle of the hellgrammite in the local river.

• I caught a big hellgrammite yesterday.

• Many anglers swear that using hellgrammites as bait leads to the best fishing catches.

• The large bass were biting vigorously on hellgrammites, making it a great day to fish.

Synonyms

H

hellgrammiate

vshellgrammite

• Specialized

9.9

A large brown young insect that lives in water and is used as fishing bait

has the same meaning but differs in spelling or form

D

dobson

vshellgrammite

• Specialized

9.9

A large soft insect whose young live in water and are used as fishing bait

is only the larval stage of the insect, not the adult

D

dobsonfly

vshellgrammite

• Specialized

9.9

A large soft-bodied insect whose male has very long thin jaws and larvae that live in streams used for bait

focuses on the larval form found in streams used for bait

D

dobson fly

vshellgrammite

• Specialized

9.9

Large insect with a soft body and long jaws whose young live in water and are used as fishing bait

is specifically the aquatic larva often found in streams

C

Corydalus cornutus

vshellgrammite

• Specialized

9.9

A large North American insect whose young live in water and are used as fish bait

identifies the larval life stage collected for fishing rather than the adult insect

C

Corydalus

vshellgrammite

• Specialized

9.9

A group of large insects that live in water, like dobsonflies

is limited to the single larval form of that insect, not the entire genus

Surface Forms

Etymology