noun
1. large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
• Syn: ↑hellgrammiate
• Hypernyms: ↑larva
• Member Holonyms: ↑Corydalus, ↑genus Corydalus, ↑Corydalis, ↑genus Corydalis
2. large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
• Syn: ↑dobsonfly, ↑dobson fly, ↑Corydalus cornutus
• Hypernyms: ↑neuropteron, ↑neuropteran, ↑neuropterous insect
• Member Holonyms: ↑Corydalus, ↑genus Corydalus, ↑Corydalis, ↑genus Corydalis
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\\ˈdäbsən\ noun (-s)Etymology: probably from the name Dobson
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/dob"seuhn/, n.
1. dobsonfly.
2. hellgrammite.
[1880-85, Amer.; by shortening]
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dobson U.S.(ˈdɒbsən)
An angler's name for the larva of Corydalus cornutus, a North American neuropterous insect allied to the May-fly, also of other species of the family Sialidæ.
in Century Dict.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.