dobsonfly

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdobsondobson flyCorydalus cornutus

   Broaderneuropteron

   Part ofCorydalus

Other forms of dobsonfly

plural

dobsonflies·

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 dobsonfly

What does dobsonfly mean?

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

How many syllables are in dobsonfly?

dobsonfly has 3 syllables: dob-son-fly. The stress falls on "dob".

What is another word for dobsonfly?

Close synonyms include dobson, 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 dobsonfly a common word?

dobsonfly 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.