DOBSONFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dobsonfly mean? 

• DOBSONFLY (noun)
  The noun DOBSONFLY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DOBSONFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOBSONFLY (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("dobsonfly" is a kind of...):

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

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

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