noun
type genus of the Corydalidae
• Syn: ↑genus Corydalus, ↑Corydalis, ↑genus Corydalis
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Corydalidae, ↑family Corydalidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑dobson, ↑dobsonfly, ↑dobson fly, ↑Corydalus cornutus, ↑hellgrammiate
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Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, crested lark, from Greek korydalos; akin to Latin cornu horn — more at horn
: a genus (the type of the family Corydalidae) of large megalopterous insects that includes the dobsons and in some classifications is placed in the family Sialidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.