"dobsonfly" meaning in All languages combined

See dobsonfly on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dobsonflies [plural]
Etymology: Unknown; possibly Dobson + fly Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Dobson<unc>|fly<id:insect>|tree=1}}, {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{compound|en|Dobson|fly}} Dobson + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} dobsonfly (plural dobsonflies)
  1. Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly. Derived forms: dobson Related terms: hellgramite (english: dobsonfly larva) Translations (insect): óriásfátyolka (Hungarian), aniłtʼániitsoh (Navajo)

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