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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait;
[syn: dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Corydalus \Corydalus\ prop. n. The type genus of the Corydalidae. It includes the dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus), whose aquatic larva, the hellgrammite, is used as bait in fishing. Syn: genus Corydalus, genus Corydalis. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dobson \Dob"son\, n. (Zool.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hellgamite \Hell"ga*mite\, Hellgramite \Hell"gra*mite\, n. (Zool.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Corydalus cornutus n 1: large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait [syn: dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus]