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CORYDALUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Corydalidae

Synonyms:

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Corydalus"):

Corydalus cornutus; dobson; dobson fly; dobsonfly (large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait)

dobson; hellgrammiate (large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait)

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

Corydalidae; family Corydalidae (dobsons)

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