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noun, plural dob·son·flies.
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.
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Dobsonfly
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| dobsonfly (ˈdɒbsənˌflaɪ) | |
| —n , pl -flies | |
| (US), (Canadian) See also hellgrammite 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 | |
| [C20: origin uncertain, perhaps after the surname Dobson] | |
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