Found 2 items, similar to Corydalus cornutus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Corydalus cornutus
Corydalus cornutus
n : large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in
the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait [syn:
dobson,
dobsonfly,
dobson fly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Corydalus cornutus
Corydalus
\Corydalus\ prop. n.
The type genus of the
Corydalidae. It includes the
dobsonfly (
Corydalus cornutus), whose aquatic larva, the
hellgrammite, is used as bait in fishing.
Syn: genus
Corydalus, genus Corydalis.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Hellgamite
\Hell"ga*mite\, Hellgramite
\Hell"gra*mite\, n.
(Zo["o]l.)
The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect
(
Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the
dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.
[1913 Webster]
Dobson
\Dob"son\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (
Corydalus cornutus
), used as bait in angling. See
Hellgamite.
[1913 Webster]