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  1. n. The aquatic larval form of dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
  2. n. fishing A lure designed to mimic a hellgramite.

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  • “When the river is rising, or the water is clouded with mud or drift, bass scorn all surface-diet; but the live minnow or crawfish, hellgramite or fish-worm, will capture them on trout-line or hook attached to the soul-absorbing bob.”

    Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885

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