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Dobson

//ˈdɒb.sən// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. 3
    A town, the county seat of Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
  4. 4
    A small town near Greymouth, West Coast region, New Zealand.
Noun
  1. 1
    The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in fishing.
  2. 2
    large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait wordnet
  3. 3
    large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait wordnet

Etymology

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + -son.

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