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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait;
[syn: hellgrammiate, dobson]

2. 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:

Dobson \Dob"son\, n. (Zool.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dobson n 1: large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait [syn: hellgrammiate, dobson] 2: large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait [syn: dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Dobson, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 1457 Housing Units (2000): 594 Land area (2000): 1.790420 sq. miles (4.637166 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.790420 sq. miles (4.637166 sq. km) FIPS code: 17340 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 36.391698 N, 80.721126 W ZIP Codes (1990): 27017 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Dobson, NC Dobson