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    DOBSONFLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Corydalus cornutus; dobson; dobson fly; dobsonfly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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

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