ALL meanings of dobsonfly
dob·son·fly
D d - noun dobsonfly A large gray North American winged insect related to the alderflies. Its predatory aquatic larva (the hellgrammite) is often used as fishing bait. 1
- noun plural dobsonfly a large, soft-bodied insect, Corydalus cornutus, having four distinctly veined membranous wings, biting mouthparts, and, in the male, huge mandibles that jut out from the head. 1
- noun dobsonfly An insect of the subfamily Corydalinae whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly. 0
- noun dobsonfly a large North American neuropterous insect, Corydalis cornutus: the male has elongated horn-like mouthparts and the larva (a hellgrammite or dobson) is used as bait by anglers: suborder Megaloptera 0
- noun dobsonfly any of a family (Corydalidae) of large neuropteran insects whose larvae live in water: the male, in some species, develops enormous mandibles 0