dobson

dob·son  (dbsn)

n.

See hellgrammite.

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[Probably from the name Dobson.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dobson - large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait hellgrammiate Corydalus, genus Corydalus, genus Corydalis, Corydalis - type genus of the Corydalidae larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
	2.	dobson - large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait Corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins Corydalus, genus Corydalus, genus Corydalis, Corydalis - type genus of the Corydalidae