dobson
English Thesaurus
1. large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect, |
| definition | : | insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | corydalis, corydalus, genus corydalis, genus corydalus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Corydalidae (noun.animal) |
2. large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | larva, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | corydalis, corydalus, genus corydalis, genus corydalus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Corydalidae (noun.animal) |
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