Definitions of dobson
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large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
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synonyms:
Corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly
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type of:
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neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect
insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
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neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect
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large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
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synonyms:
hellgrammiate
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type of:
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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
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larva
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