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Dobsonfly

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
  2. 2
    large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait wordnet

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Unknown; possibly Dobson + fly

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