Corydalus

prop. n.

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The type genus of the Corydalidae. It includes the dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus), whose aquatic larva, the hellgrammite, is used as bait in fishing.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Corydalus - type genus of the Corydalidae genus Corydalus, genus Corydalis, Corydalis arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods Corydalidae, family Corydalidae - dobsons Corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly, dobson - large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait dobson, hellgrammiate - large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait