Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dobson_fly

1 sense of dobson fly

Sense 1
dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus -- (large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait)
       => neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect -- (insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins)