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Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

corydalus cornutusdobsondobsondobson fly

Etymology

Unknown; possibly Dobson + fly

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