dobson

1. 1.

   large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

   Synonymshellgrammiate

   Broaderlarva

   Part ofCorydalus
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsdobsonflydobson flyCorydalus cornutus

   Broaderneuropteron

   Part ofCorydalus

Other forms of dobson

plural

dobsons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dobson

What does dobson mean?

dobson means "large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dobson?

dobson has 2 syllables: dob-son. The stress falls on "dob". In IPA it is /ˈdɑbsən/.

What is another word for dobson?

Close synonyms include hellgrammiate, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dobson a common word?

dobson is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.