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helgramite

helgramite is the alternative spelling of hellgrammite.

Meaning of hellgrammite

Noun

hellgrammite (plural hellgrammites)

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

Forms of helgramite

pluralhelgramites

Questions about helgramite

What is helgramite the alternative spelling of?
Helgramite is the alternative spelling of hellgrammite.

Words near helgramite in the dictionary

  1. Helgeson
  2. Helgesons
  3. Helget
  4. Helgets
  5. Helgoland
  6. helgramite
  7. helgramites
  8. Helheim
  9. Helhest
  10. heli
  11. heli-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: helgramite (page history and authors); hellgrammite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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