DOBSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dobson mean? 

• DOBSON (noun)
  The noun DOBSON has 2 senses:

1. large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

2. large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait

  Familiarity information: DOBSON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOBSON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dobson; hellgrammiate

Hypernyms ("dobson" is a kind of...):

larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

Holonyms ("dobson" is a member of...):

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus (type genus of the Corydalidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corydalus cornutus; dobson; dobson fly; dobsonfly

Hypernyms ("dobson" is a kind of...):

neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)

Holonyms ("dobson" is a member of...):

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus (type genus of the Corydalidae)