Fishfly

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mayfly. Canada
  2. 2
    Any insect in the corydalid subfamily Chauliodinae. Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily Corydalinae) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily.

Synonyms

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mayfly

Etymology

From fish + fly.

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