CORYDALUS CORNUTUS

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Meaning:

Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait

Synonyms:

Corydalus cornutus; dobson; dobson fly; dobsonfly

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Corydalus cornutus" is a kind of...):

neuropteran; neuropteron; neuropterous insect (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)

Holonyms ("Corydalus cornutus" is a member of...):

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus (type genus of the Corydalidae)

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