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DOBSON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("dobson" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("dobson" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

Synonyms:

dobson; hellgrammiate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dobson" is a kind of...):

larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

Holonyms ("dobson" is a member of...):

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

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